FBI arrest two Chinese operatives for 'running illegal police station' in Manhattan to 'spy on and harass dissidents' - on US soil ......

Daily Mail ^ | 4/17/2023 | Emma James

[caww]

Lu Jianwang, 61, of the Bronx, and Chen Jinping, 59, of Manhattan, were both arrested on Monday morning at their addresses in New York.

They have been charged with conspiring to act as agents for the Chinese government, and are expected to appear in federal court in Brooklyn.

Prosecutors say Jianwang tried to persuade a Chinese fugitive to return home, and continually 'harassed and threatened' the individual in 2018.

In 2022 China's government asked Jianwang to locate a pro-democracy Chinese activist living in California.

The pair admitted to the FBI that they deleted their communications with a Chinese government official after discovering they were under investigation.

Both are accused of running the station for a provincial branch of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

If convicted of conspiring to act as agents of the PRC, the defendants face a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

An obstruction of justice charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

[SunkenCiv]

The pair admitted to the FBI that they deleted their communications with a Chinese government official after discovering they were under investigation.

Hunter or Joe tip them off?

[cross_bearer_02]

5 to 20 years. That’s mighty interesting. What do you suppose the Chinese government would do if they caught a couple of Americans acting as secret police within their borders? Just curious.

[Carriage Hill]

Wait until they get to SF and the Left Coast; there are likely hundreds of them there.

[Zhang Fei]

This is pretty excellent. I wasn’t even sure they were doing anything prosecutable. Maybe the charges won’t hold up in court. But it would be nice to have these people held without bail for being flight risks. Even if they get off in the end, the prospect of spending a couple of years in jail pending trial should deter future offenders.

[HollyB]

They’ve known about this for years. It was so well known, I thought they were allowed to operate there. So, Why the big announcement now?

[Gay State Conservative]

As far as I'm concerned every citizen of Red China in the US is a government spy/agent.Some are enthusiastic agents...doing it because The Great Helmsman (Mao) wants him/her to...others because gov’t officials have reminded them “we know where your grandmother lives” before they leave.

[logi_cal869]

Will they get bail?

Asking for a friend. /s

[tiki]

I’ve been stuck with no internet and I have to watch antenna TV and there is a Perry Mason episode where they have Chinese people to spy on Chinese people even back then.

[joe fonebone]

Did they arrest any Catholics this week?

[caww]

I doubt that what should be sone will be regarding the border. Agents have said for quite awhile the number of Chinese coming in has increased a lot. So the Chinse March into th USA continues.

[Captainpaintball]

Correct.

[caww]

Had you read the article you would have seen further arrests .

[caww]

I rcall Trump saying that the public doesn’t realize how many and much effort is made for foreign leaders wanting their people inside this country....nor the atacks against we never know about.

[MikelTackNailer]

It's been said that, after those from South of our border, China sends the most illegal immigrants here. Most are under similar duress that the cartels dish out - slaves to un-monitored industries or the sex trade while under threat of violence to their families still in their home countries. Who knows how many perish in container ships alone?

I refuse to patronize oriental buffets because most are complicit in this.

[Svartalfiar]

Had you read the article you would have seen further arrests .

And yet, the excerpt missed that part!