Harry Lu guilty of acting as unauthorised Chinese agent and obstructing justice, acquitted of conspiracy charge; plans to appeal
A US government witness in a trial of an alleged illegal Chinese police station in New York testified on Monday that he was harassed after holding a protest against establishing the Fuzhou-directed facility, one of several that China purportedly set up overseas. The US government has charged Lu Jianwang, 64, with acting as an unauthorised agent of China; conspiracy to act as a foreign agent and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors argue that it is part of a pattern that underscores China’s bid to...
A trial of a US citizen of Chinese descent accused of creating a covert police station in Manhattan opened on Wednesday, considering evidence of what the US government says is part of Beijing’s bid to expand its influence well beyond Chinese shores. Lu Jianwang, 64, faces three charges in the US Eastern District Court of New York: acting as an unauthorised agent of China; conspiracy to act as a foreign agent; and obstruction of justice. He is accused of using the fourth floor of a building in...
SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team said Thursday it has appealed...
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Im Woo-jae, the ex-husband of Samsung heiress Lee Boo-jin, is serving a one-year prison sentence for obstructing official duties. The conviction stems from his involvement in a case where his shaman girlfriend orchestrated the assault and confinement of an elderly woman.
