A jury has found that a retired police sergeant and two other men illegally participated in Chinese government efforts to pressure a local couple into returning to China.
to track down dissidents and people accused of crimes in China who are living abroad and get them to come back to face possible discipline.
At trial, prosecutors described years of harassment that was endured by the couple and their relatives.“This was a relentless campaign by the Chinese Government to scare Xu Jin and Liu Fang into returning to China,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Arfa argued in summations last week at the trial in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
The former police officer was acquitted of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. At trial, prosecutors described how McMahon obtained personal information on the couple — including banking records — to help representatives of the Chinese government find the couple’s address and other private information.An attorney for McMahon argued to the jury that he didn’t know he’d been hired on behalf of China. But prosecutors said it was clear that McMahon had figured out who he was working for.
Zheng Congying, who was accused of staking out the couple’s home and leaving a note that argued the husband should surrender to Chinese authorities, was convicted of stalking and stalking conspiracy. He was acquitted of charges relating to acting as a foreign agent.
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