Chen Jinping pleads guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of China’s government and faces up to five years in prison

Summary

A New York man, Chen Jinping, pleaded guilty to operating an undeclared Chinese police station in Manhattan for China’s Ministry of Public Security.

The station, part of a transnational repression scheme, aided Beijing in locating and suppressing pro-democracy activists in the U.S., violating American sovereignty.

Authorities say the station also served routine functions like renewing Chinese driving licenses but had a more sinister role, including tracking a California-based activist.

Chen faces up to five years in prison, while a co-defendant has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    We’re they visiting them in person and physically intimidating them?

    Not this instance specifically, but other Chinese police stations around the world do indeed do that. It’s seen as an organization, not unlike the CIA, just less official.