DOJ Arrests, Charges Prominent Chinese Dissident for Spying for Beijing

Published on August 22, 2024

A Chinese dissident living in New York City has been charged for allegedly being a spy for China’s intelligence agency, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Tang Yuanjun, 67, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in Flushing, Queens, on Aug. 21 on charges of “acting and conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and making materially false statements to the FBI.” “As alleged, for years, Yuanjun Tang used his position as a leader among pro-democracy activists in the U.S. to collect information for the Chinese government and to report on people critical of the PRC and events conducted in support of democracy,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York in a statement....

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