Yesterday, Chen Jinping admitted in federal court that he ran a secret Chinese police station in New York City on behalf of the People’s Republic of China.
“I knowingly agreed to act as a foreign agent, for a foreign government,” he told Judge Nina Morrison, speaking through an interpreter.
But he acted cagey when the judge asked him which government he was working for.
Chen briefly tried in vain to sidestep the question by repeating “the government” — and only admitted that he’d been representing China after he was pressed again by the judge.
Chen will be sentenced next May and is facing up to five years in prison. His partner in crime “Harry” Lu Jianwang has his own trial coming up soon.
Today we’re learning about another Chinese spy, this one was operating in Southern California.
Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, was charged with acting as an…
