On May 18, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Chinese-American citizen Wang Shujun and four Chinese Ministry of State Security officers on suspicion of conspiracy to carry out espionage and transnational repression plans.
According to the indictment, the defendant mentioned an unnamed well-known pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong against "famous dissidents" and pro-democracy activists.
U.S. Department of Justice building.
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The five defendants are Wang Shujun, a Chinese-American historian and one of the founders of the Lu Jin Association to commemorate Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang, Feng He (transliteration) and Ming Li (transliteration) from Guangdong, also known as "Boss He". , as well as Jie Ji (transliteration) and Keqing Lu (transliteration) from Qingdao, Shandong.
The indictment alleges that Wang Shujun disclosed the content of He Junren's conversation to Chinese state security officers
According to the indictment, Wang Shujun repeatedly reported the contents of a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist’s conversation to Chinese state security personnel. Although he did not mention the pro-democracy activist’s name, he mentioned that he was the former chairman of the Stake, the former chairman of the Democratic Party, and the former legislator. Member of the Council, only He Junren meets the relevant status.
John Ho is a former stake chairman, former chairman of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Legislative Council.
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The indictment alleges that in November 2016, Wang Shujun reported the contents of the phone call with He Junren to the personnel of the national security department, involving the disqualification of two members of the Legislative Council after the swearing-in scandal, whether the then Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying could be re-elected, and the Democratic Party's election situation. view.
In December 2016, Wang Shujun informed the Ministry of State Security that He Junren would attend a U.S. Congressional hearing on the Causeway Bay Bookstore incident, and then meet with Wang Shujun.
Wang Shujun invited He Junren to dinner that day, and recorded He Junren's conversation about the election and the political situation.
The Chinese embassy in Washington declined to comment on the prosecution.
However, in March 2022, in response to the news that Wang Shujun and others were accused by the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian once responded, accusing the US of slandering and smearing China for no reason.
Zhao Lijian said at the time, "The allegation of the transnational suppression plan is completely fabricated out of thin air, and the U.S. attempt to hype up the China threat theory and smear China's reputation is doomed to fail."
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