Source: New York Daily News
“A U.S. citizen who helped the Chinese government set up a secret, illegal ‘police station’ in Chinatown to track and harass dissidents has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Chen Jinping, 61, could face anywhere between no prison time and five years behind bars as well as the possibility of losing his U.S. citizenship after admitting his role in the brazen Chinese spying scheme. He will be sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court on May 30. Jinping, of Manhattan, and Lu Jianwang, 61, of the Bronx, were busted last year as federal authorities also charged dozens of officials with China’s Ministry of Public Security, or MPS, with running online operations to harass and troll dissidents and disrupt their Zoom meetings.” (12/18/24)