By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-19 23:52:56 | Updated at 2024-12-20 05:45:01
5 hours ago
Chinese government planted agent in SoCal with mission to influence local government, feds allege
LA Times ^ | 19 December 2024 | Hannah Fry and Richard Winton
Posted on 12/19/2024 3:51:03 PM PST by Apparatchik
Yaoning ‘Mike’ Sun of Chino Hills is charged with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign power and conspiring to advance China-friendly policies in local government.
The Chinese government allegedly used a Chino Hills man in an effort to advance policies favorable to the People's Republic of China in Southern California local government, according to a criminal complaint released Thursday.
Yaoning "Mike" Sun, 64, was charged with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign power and conspiring with another man — John Chen — who had been plotting to target U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice banned in China. Chen was sentenced last month to 20 months in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of the People's Republic of China and bribing an Internal Revenue Service agent.
Sun, a Chinese national, served as the campaign manager and business partner for a Southern California politician, described in court records only as Individual 1. The politician was running for local elected office in 2022.
During the campaign, prosecutors allege, Sun communicated with Chen about his efforts to get the politician elected to a city council. Chen relayed information to officials in the Chinese government about how it could influence local-level politicians in the United States, particularly in getting them to oppose Taiwan's independence, according to the complaint.
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TOPICS: China; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; china; influence; spying
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Congressman Swalwell, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
California is a target-rich environment for the ChiCom scumbags.
1 posted on 12/19/2024 3:51:03 PM PST by Apparatchik
To: Apparatchik
I suppose he discovered that the local government was already Commmie, so there was nothing for him to do.
2 posted on 12/19/2024 3:52:13 PM PST by proxy_user
To: Apparatchik
3 posted on 12/19/2024 3:52:44 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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