{"id":138812,"date":"2024-12-19T15:16:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138812"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:16:51","slug":"man-admits-running-secret-chinese-police-station-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138812","title":{"rendered":"Man admits running secret Chinese &#8216;police station&#8217; in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">An American citizen has pleaded guilty to helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Prosecutors say Chen Jinping and his co-defendent Lu Jianwang opened and operated the station in Manhattan&#8217;s Chinatown neighbourhood in early 2022 on behalf of China&#8217;s Ministry of Public Security (MPS). <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At least 100 such stations have been reported worldwide across 53 countries, with rights groups accusing China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But China has denied that they are police stations, saying they are &#8220;service stations&#8221; providing administrative services to nationals overseas.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The outpost, which occupied an entire floor above a ramen stall, did provide basic services like renewing Chinese citizens&#8217; driver licenses, but it also helped Beijing identify pro-democracy activists living in the US, say federal authorities. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Matthew Olsen, an assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice, called the attempt to operate the undeclared overseas police station &#8220;a clear affront to American sovereignty and danger to our community that will not be tolerated&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The station was closed in the autumn of 2022 after the Federal Investigation Bureau launched an investigation. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But Chen and Lu destroyed text messages they exchanged with an MPS official when they learned of the probe, prosecutors said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The men, who are both American citizens, were <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-65305415\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested in April last year<!-- --><\/a>. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Wednesday, Chen, 60, pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent for China, and faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced next year. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Chen&#8217;s acknowledgement of guilt is a &#8220;stark reminder of insidious efforts taken by the [Chinese] government to threaten, harass, and intimidate those who speak against their Communist Party,&#8221; Robert Wells, an executive assistant director of the FBI&#8217;s National Security Branch said in a statement. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lu, 59, has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. Prosecutors have accused him of harassing a purported Chinese fugitive to return to China and for helping to locate a pro-democracy activist in California on behalf of the Communist Party.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At the time of Chen&#8217;s arrest, authorities said it marked the first time the US has brought criminal charges in relation to such police outposts.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Olsen said US authorities would &#8220;continue to pursue anyone who attempts to aid the PRC&#8217;s efforts to extend their repressive reach into the United States&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In September, Linda Sun, a former aide in the New York governor&#8217;s office, was charged with <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgl23xlrzp2o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">using her position to serve Chinese government interests<!-- --><\/a>. She was said to have received benefits, including travel, in return.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last year, 34 officers from the MPS were also charged with using fake social media accounts to harass Chinese dissidents in the US and spread official Chinese government propaganda.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c785n9pexjpo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American citizen has pleaded guilty to helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government. 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