CHINESE businessman Yang Tengbo has said allegations he is a spy are “entirely untrue” after he waived his right to anonymity today.

The 50-year-old, previously known as H6, is said to have become a “close” confidant of the Duke of York and has also been pictured with senior politicians including former prime ministers Lord Cameron and Baroness May.

At an urgent High Court hearing today, lawyers for Mr Tengbo, also known as Chris Yang, said that the businessman was not seeking to maintain anonymity.

Lifting it, Mr Justice Chamberlain said: “It seems to me that these proceedings now serve no further purpose.”

Mr Yang was banned from Britain by then-home secretary Suella Braverman in 2023.

The Home Office said he was believed to have carried out “covert and deceptive activity” for the Chinese Communist Party.

He challenged his ban on entering Britain at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in July, but lost his appeal last week.

A statement issued on his behalf said he had voluntarily waived his right to anonymity.

Mr Yang said: “Due to the high level of speculation and misreporting in the media and elsewhere, I have asked my legal team to disclose my identity. 

“I have done nothing wrong or unlawful and the concerns raised by the Home Office against me are ill-founded. 

“The widespread description of me as a ‘spy’ is entirely untrue.

“This is why I applied for a review of the Home Office decision in the first place, and why I am seeking permission to appeal the SIAC decision. 

“When relations are good, and Chinese investment is sought, I am welcome in the UK. When relations sour, an anti-China stance is taken, and I am excluded.”