Posted on 12/19/2024 3:51:03 PM PST by Apparatchik
Yaoning ‘Mike’ Sun of Chino Hills is charged with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign power and conspiring to advance China-friendly policies in local government.
The Chinese government allegedly used a Chino Hills man in an effort to advance policies favorable to the People's Republic of China in Southern California local government, according to a criminal complaint released Thursday.
Yaoning "Mike" Sun, 64, was charged with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign power and conspiring with another man — John Chen — who had been plotting to target U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice banned in China. Chen was sentenced last month to 20 months in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of the People's Republic of China and bribing an Internal Revenue Service agent.
Sun, a Chinese national, served as the campaign manager and business partner for a Southern California politician, described in court records only as Individual 1. The politician was running for local elected office in 2022.
During the campaign, prosecutors allege, Sun communicated with Chen about his efforts to get the politician elected to a city council. Chen relayed information to officials in the Chinese government about how it could influence local-level politicians in the United States, particularly in getting them to oppose Taiwan's independence, according to the complaint.
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California is a target-rich environment for the ChiCom scumbags.
I suppose he discovered that the local government was already Commmie, so there was nothing for him to do.
Just one?
China is communist in name only. They’ve quietly ditched communism for a straight up imperial dictatorship. The party officials are not much different than the imperial Nei Wu Hau (Palace Eunuchs), who ran the empire in the emperor’s name.
They know communism doesn’t work. That’s why they want the US to adopt it.
China doesn’t have to influence most governments in California...they are already fully on board.
Duh comes to mind but then again I need facts.
Indeed the place is infested with scum leadership.
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