Two Men Arrested For Operating Secret Chinese Police Station in NYC
US arrests two for setting up Chinese 'secret police station' in New York
U.S. law enforcement officials on Monday arrested two New York residents for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown, part of a crackdown on Beijing's alleged targeting of U.S.-based dissidents.
Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, face charges of conspiring to act as agents of China's government without informing U.S. authorities and obstruction of justice. They are expected to appear in Brooklyn federal court later on Monday.
Two U.S. citizens charged with helping run secret Chinese gov’t police station in NYC
Two U.S. citizens helped the Chinese government set up a secret, illegal “police station” in a Chinatown office building last year, setting up a spy operation to track and harass dissidents living in America, federal prosecutors said Monday.
The arrests of Lu Jianwang, 61, of the Bronx, and Chen Jianping, 59, of Manhattan, Monday morning, came as federal authorities charged dozens of officials with China’s Ministry of Public Security, or MPS, with running online operations to harass and troll dissidents, and have their Zoom meetings canceled.
Two NY residents arrested for running secret Chinese police station: 'Significant national security matter'
The FBI and federal prosecutors announced Monday the arrests of two New York residents who allegedly ran an undisclosed Chinese government police station in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood.
Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping have each been charged with conspiring to act as agents of China's government, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.