Ex-aide to 2 New York governors accused of working as agent of Chinese government

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: PBS News Hour/AP

Sep 3, 2024 2:59 PM EDT


A former New York state government official who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged Tuesday with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government, federal prosecutors revealed in a sprawling indictment.

Linda Sun, who held numerous posts in New York state government before rising to the rank of deputy chief of staff for Hochul, was arrested Tuesday morning along with her husband, Chris Hu, at their $3.5 million home on Long Island.

Prosecutors said Sun, at the request of Chinese officials, blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to the governor’s office, shaped New York governmental messaging to align with the priorities of the Chinese government and attempted to facilitate a trip to China for a high-level politician in New York, the indictment said. Hu is charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and misuse of means of identification.

In return, she and her husband received benefits including help for Hu’s China-based business activities and undisclosed tickets to performances by visiting Chinese orchestra and ballet groups, the indictment says. A Chinese government official’s personal chef prepared “Nanjing-style salted ducks” that were delivered to Sun’s parents’ home, it adds.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ex-aide-to-2-new-york-governors-accused-of-working-as-agent-of-chinese-government

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[okaawhatever]

1. Unfortunate, but not surprising. Chinese have their hands in everything. nt

[catsudon]

2. yes, chinese spies are everywhere.

as evidence of their infiltration in all aspect of our lives. not just in this country. heck one of the mayor in Philippines was fingered as a spy and she up and vanished (back to china no doubt).

their current foreign policy , aka the wolf warrior diplomacy is anti-west, due to xi.....

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. Nanjing yan shui ya is by far one of the most DISGUSTING things I ever ate in China and in Nanjing when I lived there

It is like eating a bowl of raw salt.

This does not surprise me in the slightest at all. The CCP is the most disgusting government on the planet, even behind NK because NK has no international influence.

[IronLionZion]

4. It's not great, but very popular in southern China

I much prefer Beijing duck from the north.

For any DUers who are curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_salted_duck
a better Chinese duck dish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_duck

[Polybius]

5. I've never tried it, but I'm very curious

Does it taste anything like peeking duck, which I love?

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. no. nothing like it. it takes like a bowl of salt.

[SouthBayDem]

6. TF going on New York?

The creepy ex-governor, the NYC mayor a crook, George Santos told a lie too many to get elected, and now THIS?

I spent the first two years of my life in NY (upstate). This amount of bad political news out of my state of birth is just saddening to see.

EDIT: Found this detail from an NY Times report:

Even after Ms. Sun was let go by the Labor Department in March 2023, she continued to attend public and professional Asian community events, falsely claiming to be the department’s deputy commissioner, according to the indictment. Ms. Sun apparently stopped doing so after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the Labor Department that August.

So she IS a Chinese George Santos.

[C0RI0LANUS]

8. Mrs. Sun advised then-Gov Cuomo to praise China's Covid-19 help. Andrew Cuomo is testifying

in Congress on 10 Sep about his gubernatorial response to the Covid-19 emergency.

Source:

https://oversight.house.gov/release/breaking-former-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-to-testify-at-public-hearing-on-september-10/

[BumRushDaShow]

9. "Andrew Cuomo is testifying in Congress"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143300651