
美國加州爾灣華裔女房仲張婉瑩涉嫌受中國政府指示監視台灣總統賴清德長子賴廷與一家,被捕後外媒傳出其可能有幫手,出生於中國的企業家苗發太據信曾與其同赴西雅圖拍攝目標,目前已返回中國。
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張婉瑩為加州爾灣華裔房仲,涉嫌受中國政府指示監視台灣總統賴清德長子賴廷與一家,並追查另一名公開反共的台灣民選公職人員在美地址。
美國加州華裔34歲華裔女房仲張婉瑩(Wanying Zhang,音譯)涉嫌受中國政府指示,在美國監視賴清德總統長子賴廷與一家,在張婉瑩被裁定羈押後,外媒又傳出消息,指張婉瑩疑似有幫手,且在2週前就已離開美國並回到中國。
外媒日前報導,34歲的加州爾灣華裔房仲張婉瑩涉嫌受中國官員指示,在美國本土跟監台灣總統賴清德之子,美國執法人員於4日將她逮捕,法院文件更揭露,張婉瑩還涉嫌為中方追查另一名「公開反共的台灣民選公職人員」的在美地址。對此美國前副總統彭斯痛批中共嚴重侵犯美國主權,是美國最大戰略威脅。前白宮國安會幕僚長葛瑞也提醒,此案是個警訊,台灣人必須嚴肅看待。
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美國哥倫比亞廣播公司(CBS News)於8日報導指出,根據聯邦文件、執法部門消息人士,以及對苗發太家人和鄰居的訪談,張婉瑩可能有幫手,一名被稱為「1號人士」(Individual 1)、出生於中國的企業家苗發太(Fatai Miao,音譯),據信曾在2025年9月與張女一同前往西雅圖拍攝賴廷與一家。據指當時兩人租用一輛休旅車。張女拍攝賴廷及妻兒返回郊區住家時,苗發太就坐在車內。檢察官則稱,張是在中國與中國政府官員會面並策劃該任務後的次月,受這些官員指使進行監視活動的。
報導指出,張女於4日試圖登上飛往上海的班機時遭逮捕,苗發太也是FBI在調查時關注的人士,不過當FBI探員持搜索令,於4日中午抵達苗發太位於加州爾灣市(Irvine)的住家時,屋內已空無一人。
根據「CBS News」對住在美國的苗發太兒子苗家祺(Jiaqi Miao,音譯)的電話訪問,苗家祺表示,父親與張婉瑩相識超過10年,過去張女曾帶父親看過一間他考慮購買的公寓,兩人因此結識。苗家祺稱父親不會說英語,並透露父親過去兩週一直待在中國,照顧最近前往當地接受背部治療的妻子。
苗家祺也說,他不相信父親是未登記的中國政府代理人,並稱「說實話,我不認為他夠聰明,能做那些事」。苗家祺也透露有與苗發太通話,苗發太說透過朋友得知張婉瑩被捕,並向苗家祺保證「一切都很好」。苗家祺也提及,父親目前正準備聘請律師。
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美國將對張婉瑩提出正式間諜罪起訴
Likely · Within weeks
FBI將進一步調查苗發太的行動及其與中國政府的關聯
Possible · Within weeks

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