The Home Office has spent tens of thousands of pounds paying for a senior political figure from Singapore to be housed in a hotel for “destitute” asylum seekers despite him receiving more than £100,000 in financial support.

The i Paper can reveal that Charles Yeo, the former Chairman of Singapore’s opposition Reform Party, has been housed with asylum seekers in hotel accommodation since at least December 2023, with the British taxpayer picking up the bill – estimated to be around £40,000.

Mr Yeo, a lawyer, is claiming asylum and fighting extradition to his native country where he faces a legal practice “regulatory” charge that he claims is “trumped up” and “politically-motivated”.

Mr Yeo, came to the UK in 2022, but was arrested in London in November before being released on bail to a

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