Harry Lu guilty of acting as unauthorised Chinese agent and obstructing justice, acquitted of conspiracy charge; plans to appeal
Harry Lu found guilty of acting as an unauthorised agent of China and obstructing justice, acquitted of conspiracy charge, plans to appeal.
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...
