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Eight charged in alleged Chinese plot to coerce family to return from US
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Eight charged in alleged Chinese plot to coerce family to return from US
• Five individuals arrested, with three believed to be in China
• Chinese government allegedly plotted to pressure ex-official
Staff and agencies in Washington
Wed 28 Oct 2020 18.07 GMT
Eight people have been charged with conspiring to work on behalf of China’s government in a plot to coerce a Chinese family in the US to return to their home country to face charges.
Five of the individuals charged, including an American private investigator, were arrested on Wednesday in New Jersey, New York and California. The rest are believed to be in China, top justice department officials said in a news conference.
John Demers, an assistant attorney general, said the suspects were all involved in a global Chinese operation known as “Fox Hunt” aimed at pressuring targets sought by Beijing.
“China describes Fox Hunt as an international anti-corruption campaign in which it seeks to locate legitimate fugitives around the world and bring them to China to face genuine criminal charges,” Demers said.
“But in many instances the hunted are opponents of Communist party chairman Xi – political rivals, dissidents and critics,” he said. “In either event, the operation is a clear violation of the rule of law and international norms.”
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• Five individuals arrested, with three believed to be in China
• Chinese government allegedly plotted to pressure ex-official
Staff and agencies in Washington
Wed 28 Oct 2020 18.07 GMT
Eight people have been charged with conspiring to work on behalf of China’s government in a plot to coerce a Chinese family in the US to return to their home country to face charges.
Five of the individuals charged, including an American private investigator, were arrested on Wednesday in New Jersey, New York and California. The rest are believed to be in China, top justice department officials said in a news conference.
John Demers, an assistant attorney general, said the suspects were all involved in a global Chinese operation known as “Fox Hunt” aimed at pressuring targets sought by Beijing.
“China describes Fox Hunt as an international anti-corruption campaign in which it seeks to locate legitimate fugitives around the world and bring them to China to face genuine criminal charges,” Demers said.
“But in many instances the hunted are opponents of Communist party chairman Xi – political rivals, dissidents and critics,” he said. “In either event, the operation is a clear violation of the rule of law and international norms.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/28/chinese-plot-coerce-family-return-from-us
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Source: VOA News
FBI Arrests Five People in China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt'
By Masood Farivar
October 28, 2020 03:51 PM
WASHINGTON - The FBI arrested five people Wednesday in connection with a scheme to force a former Chinese municipal official and his family residing in the United States to return to China, as part of China’s “Operation Fox Hunt” anti-corruption campaign.
The five men, including a naturalized U.S. citizen, were arrested in New Jersey, New York and California early Wednesday morning, officials said. Three others, also charged in connection with the scheme, remain at large in China.
The defendants face charges of serving as illegal agents of China for allegedly participating in a campaign to “harass, stalk and coerce” U.S. residents to return to China as part of Operation Fox Hunt, the Justice Department said.
Operation Fox Hunt was launched in 2014 as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-graft campaign. The program's purported aim was the arrest of thousands of corrupt Chinese officials and businessmen who had fled abroad.
US says dissidents real targets
U.S. officials say Operation Fox Hunt is an “extralegal repatriation effort” designed to target Chinese dissidents around the world.
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By Masood Farivar
October 28, 2020 03:51 PM
WASHINGTON - The FBI arrested five people Wednesday in connection with a scheme to force a former Chinese municipal official and his family residing in the United States to return to China, as part of China’s “Operation Fox Hunt” anti-corruption campaign.
The five men, including a naturalized U.S. citizen, were arrested in New Jersey, New York and California early Wednesday morning, officials said. Three others, also charged in connection with the scheme, remain at large in China.
The defendants face charges of serving as illegal agents of China for allegedly participating in a campaign to “harass, stalk and coerce” U.S. residents to return to China as part of Operation Fox Hunt, the Justice Department said.
Operation Fox Hunt was launched in 2014 as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-graft campaign. The program's purported aim was the arrest of thousands of corrupt Chinese officials and businessmen who had fled abroad.
US says dissidents real targets
U.S. officials say Operation Fox Hunt is an “extralegal repatriation effort” designed to target Chinese dissidents around the world.
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Read more: https://www.voanews.com/usa/fbi-arrests-five-people-chinas-operation-fox-hunt
