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Chinese-American convicted of operating secret police station in NY

A Chinese-American man, Lu Jianwang, has been found guilty in New York of acting as an unauthorized agent of China and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors alleged that Lu operated a secret Chinese police station in Manhattan's Chinatown, which was used to monitor and harass dissidents. His defense team argued that the location was merely a community center for overseas Chinese to renew driver's licenses and engage in social activities. AI

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RANK_REASON Conviction of an individual for operating a foreign government's clandestine outpost within the US. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.1]

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Chinese-American convicted of operating secret police station in NY

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 · Mark Magnier ·

    Chinese-American found guilty in New York ‘secret police station’ case

    A Chinese-American was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as a Chinese agent in a case involving a Chinese police station set up in New York’s Chinatown. The week-long trial of Lu “Harry” Jianwang, 64, was seen as a test of Washington’s ability to counter what prosecutors said w…

  2. Fortune TIER_1 · Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press ·

    Was it a secret Chinese spy headquarters or a ping-pong parlor? New York Chinatown case goes to trial

    China's communist government uses the outposts to monitor people it “views as enemies of its interests,” a prosecutor told jurors.