Authorities have arrested a pair of Chinese agents who allegedly tried using the IRS to take down the spiritual movement Falun Gong.
The two agents attempted to bribe an undercover officer masquerading as a tax agent to audit the group, all in an effort to revoke the movement’s nonprofit status, The Associated Press reported.
Falun Gong, which has been banned in China since 1999, is a spiritual group that has long opposed the ruling Chinese Communist Party and has continued to campaign against it in exile. In the U.S., it publishes a conservative newspaper,, and runs a traveling performing arts show known as Shen Yun with right-wing undertones. The arrest of the Chinese operatives seeking to undermine Falun Gong comes after U.S.
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