It’s the latest DOJ action against an alleged attempt by the Chinese government to crack down on dissenters within the United States.
Agents of the Chinese government established an undeclared “police station” in New York City to “silence and harass” dissidents, the Department of Justice alleged Monday, announcing the arrest of two accused Chinese agents and charges against nearly three dozen others for leading several alleged attempts by China to intimidate U.S.-based critics.
The DOJ says the Chinese National Police had a station in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood that was used to help Chinese citizens renew their driver’s licenses but also to track a Chinese-American resident on U.S. soil—a scheme that wasn’t disclosed to the Attorney General, as required by U.S. law, prosecutors allege.
The police station opened in early 2022 and closed later that year due to the FBI’s investigation, according toThe two police station defendants were arrested and are expected in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday, DOJ officials said at a press conference. The other 34 defendants—who allegedly used social media to post favorably about China and attack their “perceived adversaries”— all live in China and are still at large, the Justice Department“It is simply outrageous that China's Ministry of Public Security thinks it can get away with establishing a secret, illegal police station on U.S.
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