Police officer helped China spy on Tibetans in New York, officials say
Baimadajie Angwang, a naturalised US citizen who was born in China, was charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent, among other crimes
22 September 2020 - 11:14
New York — A New York City police officer was charged by federal prosecutors with aiding the Chinese government’s surveillance of ethnic Tibetans living in the city.
Baimadajie Angwang, a naturalised US citizen who was born in China, was charged on Monday with acting as an unregistered foreign agent, along with wire fraud, making false statements and obstruction of a national security background investigation by the US defence department, according to a criminal complaint by acting US attorney Seth DuCharme, of the Eastern District of New York...
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