[News] A New York Police officer accused of spying for China

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The US judiciary announced that a New York police officer from Tibet was charged with spying for Beijing for collecting information for the Chinese government about the Tibetan community in New York.

According to the indictment, the 33-year-old officer was serving in a police commission in Northeast Queens and was employed by members of the Chinese Consulate in New York.

According to the accusation, between 2018 and 2020, this officer collected information related to the activities of his Tibetan community and also provided his operators with potential intelligence sources.

The list indicated that the accused is also a reserve officer in the US Army and that he has allowed members of the Chinese Consulate to attend events organized by the New York Police.

The officer received tens of thousands of dollars from his Chinese employers for his services, according to the same source.

The Public Prosecution charged the officer with four counts, including working for a foreign country on American soil, submitting false reports, and obstructing the functioning of a public facility.

A spokesperson for the Brooklyn federal attorney general told AFP that the defendant appeared before a judge on Monday, ordering him to be remanded in custody.

For his part, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department said that the accused was temporarily suspended from service and cut off his salary.

According to the indictment, the officer was born in China and obtained political asylum in the United States, claiming that he was tortured by the Chinese authorities because of his Tibetan origins, but the investigation showed that both of his parents were members of the Chinese Communist Party.

Commenting on the indictment, the International Campaign for Tibet, an organization that defends the rights of the region’s residents, said that “if the courts prove the validity” of these accusations, the case will show that the Chinese Communist Party is engaged in malicious operations to suppress any opposition, not only in Tibet, but throughout the world.