U.S. The Justice Department said Wednesday that the charges “conspired to operate in the U.S. as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China.” Five people have been arrested, while three are believed to be in large numbers in China.
In 2011, the group – which includes an American-licensed private investigator – is accused of carrying out an illegal campaign to target a former Chinese government official who has been in the U.S. since 2010. Live in He is accused of recording and harassing his daughter. , Writing threatening notes on his front door and flying his elderly father out of China – allegedly against his will – to force his son to return to China.
The target’s New Jersey home note reads in Chinese: “If you’re willing to go back to the mainland and spend 10 years in prison, your wife and kids will be fine. This is the end of the matter!”
He said, “Without coordination with our government, Chinese indigenous troops enter the United States, survey and locate alleged fugitives, and deploy threats and other tactics to force them to return to China, where They face certain imprisonment or bad conditions after an illegal trial. ‘
“We urge some U.S. officials to urgently correct the mistakes and stop making false comments on China.”
Operation Fox Hunt
The Chinese government launched Operation Fox Hunt in 2014 to target wealthy citizens accused of corruption and fleeing the country with large sums of money.
Demers said such operations – regardless of whether the targets are guilty or not – are “a clear violation of the rule of law and international standards.”
“Instead of working with U.S. officials to assist in recognized criminal cases like the responsible countries, China uses unreasonable means and engages in unauthorized, often undisclosed, law enforcement activity,” he said.
In a separate Operation Fox Hunt case, the Chinese government targeted U.S. targets, FBI Director Christopher Ware told a news conference Wednesday. The dependent family was warned that the person “should return to China immediately or commit suicide.”
Ware said that while the target of Operation Operation Fox Hunt has refused to return to China, his family members in his hometown have been “arrested for leverage.”
“These are not the actions we expect from a responsible nation state. Instead, it is something we would expect from an organized criminal syndicate,” Ray said.
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