Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and her husband, Chris Hu, were arrested Tuesday morning.
Aaron Katersky Linda Sun , a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul , and her husband, Chris Hu , were arrested Tuesday morning at their Long Island home.A former New York state government official who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested Tuesday morning at her Long Island home and charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government, prosecutors say.
The FBI had searched the couple's $3.5 million Manhasset home in July, but declined to release further details at the time.The charges are related to violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and officials say Sun is charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
Prosecutors said Sun, at the request of Chinese officials, blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to high-level officials in New York state, altered state governmental messaging on issues related to the Chinese government and attempted to facilitate a trip to China for a high-level politician in New York, among other things.
Sun worked in state government for about 15 years before she was fired last year from her job as deputy commissioner for strategic business development at the New York State Department of Labor.A press secretary for the governor released the following statement:
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