David Taylor Arrested for Spying as Chi Leung Wai Faces Trial in UK

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British authorities arrested David Taylor, the husband of Member of Parliament Joani Reid, for allegedly assisting Chinese intelligence services through his firm Earthcott Limited.Two other men were also detained as part of the counter-terrorism investigation into foreign interference within the UK.Simultaneously, Chung Biu Yuen and Chi Leung Wai are standing trial for a shadow policing operation that targeted activists and politicians like Iain Duncan Smith.The defendants allegedly used Home Office databases to track dissidents linked to a £100t bounty program while denying all charges under the National Security Act.

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