Charges against two men accused of spying for China were suddenly dropped last month because prosecutors could not obtain critical evidence from the UK government that Beijing represented a “threat to the national security of the UK”.
Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, wrote to two select committee chairs to explain that despite trying over “many months”, the sought-after statements were not forthcoming from ministers and officials.
The chief prosecutor did not name any individual as responsible for a decision that will raise questions about Britain’s willingness to confront China. Over the weekend the national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, was accused of preventing the evide
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