Retired NYPD Sergeant, 2 Others Convicted as Agents of China (2)

A retired New York City police sergeant and two other men were convicted of charges including acting as illegal agents of the Chinese government for pressuring dissidents to return to China.

A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday found that between 2016 and 2019 the three engaged in an illicit law enforcement operation. Among other acts, they conducted surveillance on a New Jersey resident and his family, and one target of their campaign was told to choose between returning to China and committing suicide, the US alleged.

The Chinese government variously called the effort “Operation Fox Hunt” ...