The FBI arrested two New York residents on charges of opening and operating an “off-the-books” Chinese police outpost in lower Manhattan. That was just one of three “transnational repression” cases the Justice Department unveiled
, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused the U.S. of “slandering, smearing, engaging in political manipulation” with regard to the charges, which Wang suggested were “maliciously concoct[ed].”
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace speaks at a Justice Dept. news conference announcing arrests and charges against multiple individuals alleged to be working illegally in connection with the Chinese government, in New York City on April 17, 2023.“I’d like to say how proud I am,” said Breon Peace, Brooklyn’s top attorney, when announcing the actions taken by the U.S.
The two men, who ostensibly worked for a nonprofit established in 2013 with the stated mission to serve as a “social gathering place for Fujianese people,” allegedly opened an undeclared “secret police station” in lower Manhattan in early 2022 on behalf of the MPS branch in Fuzhou, Fujian province in China’s east.
Little information is available about Chen, but the complaint said he was secretary general of the nonprofit, and he admitted to working with the Fujian police through the overseas office, though he claimed his work had only to do with driver’s license applications and renewals. According to the New York, a court-appointed lawyer for Chen said at his bail hearing that he worked as a home health aide and had no property to use as collateral.
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