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We’ve just published our first blog, looking at the recent controversy around the collapse of a China-related Official Secrets Act prosecution. You can read the whole thing here. What follows is an excerpt:
«In recent weeks, a political storm has developed over the collapse of the prosecution of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry for spying for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The prosecution was under the now replaced Official Secrets Act (1911). It would be tedious to go through all aspects of the current controversy in detail, and of course no comment is made here about the guilt or innocence of either man, but per Sky:
“Christopher Cash, 30, a former director of the Beijing-sceptic China Research Group of Tory MPs, and financial analyst Christopher Berry, 33, were arrested two years ago.
“They were charged in April 2024 with passing politically sensitive information to a Chinese intelligence agent between December 2021 and February 2023.
“The pair, who previously taught in China together, denied allegations they provided information prejudicial to the interests of the state in breach of the Official Secrets Act.”
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The main purpose of this blog is to highlight the rather strong evidence that the government did consider the PRC a threat to national security in the period in question. This evidence is in the public domain, and it is perfectly compelling.»
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