Zhu Yong, a Chinese retiree, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in harassing a former Chinese city official, Xu Jin, at the behest of Chinese government officials. Zhu was convicted of charges including stalking and acting as an illegal foreign agent.
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Zhu Yong, a Chinese retiree who faces likely deportation from the U.S. after his prison term, expressed regret while suggesting he didn't initially think through the implications of what he was doing.“I also plead to the nation, the victims and every American citizen for their forgiveness,” he told a court through a Mandarin-language interpreter. He begged a judge for “a chance to renew myself” and to see his grandchild grow up in the U.S.
Calling the crimes “a threat to this country's national security," U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen quizzed Zhu about what he was thinking when he agreed to help a Chinese government figure find Xu. A former official in the city of Wuhan, Xu had left China with his wife in 2010. Zhu and co-defendants Michael McMahon and Zheng Congying didn't dispute taking various actions in the case. Zhu helped hire and brief McMahon, a retired U.S. police sergeant turned private investigator, to find their quarry.
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