Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochulis, is charged with acting as an agent of the Chinese government in exchange for millions of dollars in compensation and gifts.
Linda Sun , a former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul , has been charged with acting as a agent for Chinese government.A former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been charged with secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government in exchange for millions of dollars in compensation and gifts, including meals of gourmet duck.
In exchange, Chinese government representatives allegedly arranged for millions of dollars in transactions for Mr Hu, who had business activities in China.Prosecutors said Ms Sun and Mr Hu used money to buy a 2024 Ferrari Roma sports car, as well as property on New York's Long Island and in Honolulu worth about $9 million, prosecutors said.
"Our client is understandably upset that these charges have been brought," Ms Sun's lawyer Jarrod Schaeffer told reporters after the hearing.As the US convicts a prominent Chinese-American scholar of spying on dissidents for the Chinese government, experts say Australia is facing a similar risk but should avoid "witch-hunts" in counter foreign interference efforts.
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