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A U.S. citizen has been convicted in a case that prosecutors say exposed the first known secret Chinese “police station” operating on American soil. The verdict, delivered in federal court in New York, has sparked renewed concerns about foreign influence and surveillance activities inside the United States.
According to prosecutors, 64-year-old Lu Jianwang — also known as Harry Lu — helped open and operate the alleged station in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood in early 2022 on behalf of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Authorities said the office functioned as part of a wider international network accused of monitoring and intimidating Chinese dissidents and pro-democracy activists living abroad.
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