Chinese ‘spies’ caught and charged in US

The US has arrested two alleged spies and charged another 11 in a major crackdown disrupting the Chinese Communist Party’s international espionage ring.

The Chinese government officials and intelligence officers were charged with “malign schemes” in three separate cases in the United States.

“The government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights. They did not succeed,” AttorneyGeneral Merrick Garland said.

Two Chinese were arrested on October 20 for allegedly attempting to force a Chinese citizen to return to China, with another five charged in absence over the CCP’S covert “Operation Fox Hunt”.

The seven Chinese allegedly attempted to coerce an American resident and his son by forcing their relative to relay the communist government’s threats.

Another two were charged separately with obstructing the criminal prosecution of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei.

Four Chinese – including three Ministry of State Security intelligence officers – were charged with a “long-running” intel campaign targeting Americans to spy for the People’s Republic of China.

FBI director Christopher Wray said the indictments of government officials and intelligence officers for trying to obstruct the Huawei trial, masquerading as university professors to steal sensitive information and trying to strongarm a victim into returning to China “expose the PRC’S outrageous behaviour within our own borders”.