Juicio por Espionaje en Reino Unido se Derrumba por Falta de Evidencia que Califique a China como Amenaza

"...prompting criticism from ministers and MPs..."

"...In a rare intervention..."

"...after weeks of speculation about why the prosecution could not continue..."

"...called for Attorney General Lord Hermer, the government's chief legal adviser, to appear before MPs when Parliament returns to explain what had happened..."

"...You simply cannot have a serious national security case collapsing without some proper explanation being given to the public..."

"...What really surprises me about all of this has been the willingness of Number 10 and the Home Office and others to brief against the prosecutors..."

"...perhaps there was a feeling the DPP had been 'a bit over-fussy here in requiring the government to make a statement in open court, which would be embarrassing in some ways to British national interests'..."

"...Of course China is a threat to the UK's national security..."

"...One can understand why the prosecution, why the government might not want to state that publicly, but the prosecution could have proved it simply by demonstrating the recruitment of British citizens as spies for China, and I don't understand why they didn't just do that..."

"...it seemed 'somebody just missed something' as at the time the prosecution commenced there 'needed to be focus on whether China was going to be described as an enemy or not'..."

"...It may matter less how you describe it in official government documents if you are prepared to put the evidence forward at a court case to explain why a country in fact constitutes an enemy status..."

"...there simply seems to have been a muddle. When this case started, there was a failure to get to grips with what might be required to be proved in court..."

"...said it was 'extraordinary' the trial had collapsed just days before it was due to start..."

"...There had been a lot of expectation around the case. I think the expectation was there would be fireworks..."

"...And this doesn't really dispel the idea that the government didn't want fireworks around China..."