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Jury Convicts Chinese American Who Operated
China’s NYC Police Station

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Posted By: earlybird, 5/13/2026 9:38:12 PM

NEW YORK CITY—A jury has found the Chinese American who ran Beijing’s undercover police station in New York City guilty of being a foreign agent for China. He was also found guilty of obstructing justice by deleting WeChat messages documenting his direct communications with his contact in the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Lu Jianwang, 64, community leader and former president of the America ChangLe Association, was convicted on May 13 in Brooklyn Federal Court.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 5/13/2026 9:48:07 PM (No. 2104022)
How about twenty years, then deport.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 5/13/2026 10:17:56 PM (No. 2104034)
“Ah, give this to ah, Clemenza.”
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Reply 3 - Posted by: jayjeti 5/14/2026 1:23:33 AM (No. 2104043)
Good timing with Trump in China. The CIA also just released all the ways they have been helping Iran's war effort (weapons, satellite targeting). Will the Gulf states still do business with China as usual? Probably.
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