Christopher Berry, one of the suspects in the China spy case, allegedly had secure communication apps used only by Beijing agents installed on ‘burner phones’.
The suspicious apps, which are not available to the Chinese public, were allegedly found on Berry’s mobiles after he returned to Britain from China in Feb 2023.
On his arrival at a UK airport, he was stopped under terrorism powers and all his electronic devices seized.
The alleged discovery was instrumental in the decision to build a case against the two men that they had been passing intelligence to Chinese spies.
Berry, a former teacher in China, was accused of handing about 34 files to his Chinese handler which contained sensitive information apparently gleaned by his friend, Cash, who was working in Parliament at the time.
Mr Cash was working for the China Research Group, which was a Parliamentary group consisting of China-sceptic MPs, originally founded by Tom Tugendhat, the former Tory security minister.
Cash allegedly passed sensitive information to Berry in China, who in turn sent 34 ‘reports’ to an individual identified as a Chinese ‘intelligence agent’ — who was said to have then sent the reports to 
Cai Qi (蔡奇), the fifth-ranking member of Communist Party’s ruling Politburo.
British spies first became aware of UK-related intelligence circulating in the ‘Chinese intelligence system’, which led them to identifying Berry first, and through him Cash.

“They found intelligence about British stuff in the Chinese system, and they worked from there, and that took them to Chris Berry.”
“And once they found Chris Berry, that’s how they found Chris Cash. Chris Berry was the entry point into the Chinese intelligence system.”
The MoS understands Berry sent details of the row within government on the Newport Wafer Fab semiconductor factory, which was initially sold to a Chinese company called Nexperia, but which was then blocked by the Conservative government in 2021 over national security fears.
Berry is also suspected of sending details of the hotel and even rooms MPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee were going to stay in during their visit to Taiwan in Nov 2022.
The delegation was headed by Tory MP Alicia Kearns.
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Cai Qi (蔡奇), the fifth-ranking member of Communist Party’s ruling Politburo.
British spies first became aware of UK-related intelligence circulating in the ‘Chinese intelligence system’, which led them to identifying Berry first, and through him Cash.

“They found intelligence about British stuff in the Chinese system, and they worked from there, and that took them to Chris Berry.”
“And once they found Chris Berry, that’s how they found Chris Cash. Chris Berry was the entry point into the Chinese intelligence system.”
The MoS understands Berry sent details of the row within government on the Newport Wafer Fab semiconductor factory, which was initially sold to a Chinese company called Nexperia, but which was then blocked by the Conservative government in 2021 over national security fears.
Berry is also suspected of sending details of the hotel and even rooms MPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee were going to stay in during their visit to Taiwan in Nov 2022.
The delegation was headed by Tory MP Alicia Kearns.
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The White House has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the failure to prosecute two alleged Chinese spies — Chris Cash and Christopher Berry — risks undermining the special relationship and could threaten intelligence sharing between Britain and the US.
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