hello, everyone. i m katy tur. good to be with you. we re going to department of justice where attorney general merrick garland is addressing bad actor, foreign meddling in this country. in china, alleged fugitives fled to foreign countries, including the united states. the prc has a history of targeting political dissidents and critics of the government who have sought relief and refer , refuge in other countries. the indictment alleges that the defendants working at the direction of the government of the prc engaged in a campaign of harassment, threats, surveillance, and intimidation, aimed at coercing the victim to return to china. we also allege that the defendants threatened and harassed the victim s family members, both in the u.s. and in china. the prc government forced the victim s nephew to travel from china to the united states to convey the prc s threats to the victim s son. the defendants threatened the victim, saying that quote, coming back and turning theirsel