Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 30, 2019 Northern California Resident Charged with Acting as an Illegal Agent American Citizen Arrested for Acting as an Illegal Foreign Agent of the People’s Republic of China The Department of Justice unsealed charges today in a criminal complaint charging Xuehua Peng, also known as Edward Peng, 56, for acting as an illegal foreign agent in delivering classified United States national security information to officials of the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS).“According to the allegations, Peng conducted numerous dead drops here in the...