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to a massage centre to accuse him of soliciting prostitution. they framed me up to say i solicited prostitutes. simon says he was accused of being a british spy, then tortured. he says he was restrained in a device known as a tiger chair. ..seen here in videos from chinese social media. when simon was released, he fled to the uk and has now been granted asylum. in london, he set up an organisation to help others who ve left hong kong. today, his house is on a special police protection register and he s constantly looking over his shoulder. the chinese embassy in london didn t answer panorama s questions about simon cheng. my name isjohn culver. i was an analyst specialising on east asia for the central intelligence agency. it s gotten more like classic cold war. for decades, chinese intelligence was fairly casual, not very aggressive, and that s changed progressively over 20 years and especially over the last decade. so, we re seeing more what i would call classic spycr ....
two weeks later, simon thinks he s being followed again. around the same time, simon receives an anonymous e mail. its title chinese agents will find you and bring you back. simon cheng is one of the leading figures in the hong kong democracy movement. four years ago, he was working at the british consulate and was asked to monitor escalating protests. weeks later, he vanished during a consulate trip to mainland china. simon says the police used his visit to a massage centre to accuse him of soliciting prostitution. they framed me up to say i solicited prostitutes. simon says he was accused of being a british spy, then tortured. he says he was restrained in a device known as a tiger chair. ..seen here in videos from chinese social media. when simon was released, he fled to the uk and has now been granted asylum. in london, he set up an organisation to help others who ve left hong kong. today, his house is on a special police protection register and he s constantly l ....
australia beat england by two wickets at edgbaston last week, and on wednesday, the second test starts at lord s. england have concerns over the fitness of spinning all rounder moeen ali. 18 year old rehan ahmed has been called up as cover. moeen was hampered by a cut on his finger during the first test. that s one of the concerns for captain ben stokes. vice captain ollie pope says, despite that defeat, his side remain confident. we spoke positively about the game, we spoke about what we did well, what we can improve on this week, but there is no fear of losing and thatis but there is no fear of losing and that is something this team is never going to have. we might be 2 0 down, we will see it as a chance to win 3-2, we will see it as a chance to win 3 2, and that is going to hopefully rewards over the long run in this series. it is not lost on us, the opportunity we have. some of us, this is opportunity we have. some of us, this is our opportunity we have. some of us, thi ....
good to be with you, i m kay katy tur, the chinese spy balloon is still hanging over the white house. why they didn t know about it sooner and what the u.s. was able to gather about the balloon while it was still in the air. the gang of eight is waiting for a full briefing. the white house has offered one and it s expected to get on the schedule next week. house intel chair republican mike turner said the balloon exposed a weakness at the top. clearly this was an attempt by china to gather information to defeat our command and control of our sensitive missile defense and nuclear weapon sites and that certainly is an urgency that this administration does not recognize. i ll know the answer to that question this week when we actually get briefed on the decision making process about when and how to take down the balloon. there s an awful lot of people like me coming to absolutely rock solid conclusions based on very few facts. none of us know what the decision making p ....