A Chinese-American scholar was found guilty in a Brooklyn court on Tuesday after being identified as an illegal agent working for Beijing. Shujun Wang, who started a pro-democracy group in New York, used his role to monitor dissidents and relay information to the Chinese government for over ten years.
Prosecutors revealed that Wang lived a dual life on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security. By posing as a pro-democracy and anti-Chinese government advocate, he gained the trust of genuine activists and passed their information to Chinese authorities.
Another CCP agent, posing as a “pro-democracy dissident”, was convicted today and faces up to 25 years in prison.
Shujun Wang(王书君), an academic and author who helped start a pro-democracy organization in Queens that opposes the current communist regime in China, was convicted… pic.twitter.com/HIK2rFuvBQ
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A federal jury delivered the verdict on Tuesday, convicting Wang of operating as an illegal agent. “The indictment could have been the plot of a spy novel, but the evidence is shockingly real that the defendant was a secret agent for the Chinese government,” stated U.S. Attorney Breon Peace.
Wang denied the charges. His defence argued that his actions might not have been directed by Chinese officials.