it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in new york city where two men have appeared in court charged with operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan. lujianwang and chenjinping are accused of acting on behalf of china s ministry of public security, to monitor and intimidate dissidents. breon peace is the federal district attorney in brooklyn. unlike typical officers, the mps officers who have been charged today are not focused on preventing crime. rather, the complaints charge these mps officers with engaging in transnational repression schemes, targeting members of the chinese diaspora community in new york city and elsewhere in the united states. and as shown in these complaints, the mps has repeatedly and flagrantly violated our nation s sovereignty, including by opening and operating a police station in the middle of new york city. our new york correspondent nada tawfiq told me more about the reaction from us authorites. what they are alleging here
hello and welcome to the programme. we began in new york city where two men have appeared in court charged with operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan. they are accused of acting on behalf of china s military to monitor and intimidate dissidents. unlike typical officers, they are not focused on preventing crime, ratherthe are not focused on preventing crime, rather the complaints charged these nps offices with engaging in transnational repression schemes, targeting members of the chinese deist for a community in new york city and elsewhere in the united states, and as shown in these complaints, the nps has repeatedly and flagrantly violated our nation s sovereignty including by opening and operating a police station in the middle of new york city. station in the middle of new york city- station in the middle of new york ci . . . , ., york city. that was the federal district attorney york city. that was the federal district attorney in york city. that was
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