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New York man found guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of China
Lu Jianwang was accused of operating a ‘secret police station’ in Manhattan’s Chinatown at the behest of Beijing A New York man was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government after he was accused of ...
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Lu Jianwang was accused of operating a ‘secret police station’ in Manhattan’s Chinatown at the behest of Beijing A New York man was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government after he was accused of ...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, New York man found guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of China, Lu Jianwang was accused of operating a ‘secret police station’ in Manhattan’s Chinatown at the behest of Beijing A New York man was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government after he was accused of operating a “secret police station” on behalf of Beijing in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Lu Jianwang, 64, should have alerted the US attorney general that he was a Chinese agent when he helped open the so-called police station in 2022. They also said he helped China’s government locate a pro-democracy activist living in California. Continue reading…
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