{"id":1929430,"date":"2023-05-12T03:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T07:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-government-spy-arrested-in-boston-court-docs-say\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T03:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T07:14:07","slug":"chinese-government-spy-arrested-in-boston-court-docs-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-government-spy-arrested-in-boston-court-docs-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston court documents reveal arrest of Chinese government spy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-government-spy-arrested-in-boston-court-docs-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. Citizen Arrested for Spying for Chinese Government in Boston<\/h2>\n<h3>Litang Liang Indicted for Acting as Agent of Foreign Government<\/h3>\n<p>Federal authorities have arrested U.S. citizen Litang Liang for allegedly spying for the Chinese government in Boston, Massachusetts. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-not-a-match-fbi-arrests-man-for-storming-capitol-after-his-bumble-match-turns-him-in\/\" title=\"\u2018We Are Not A Match\u2019: FBI Arrests Man For Storming Capitol After His Bumble Match Turns Him In\">court documents reported<\/a> by the Boston Globe, Liang has been indicted by a grand jury for acting as an agent of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-communist-party-database-leaks-proves-party-members-have-infiltrated-foreign-governments-and-major-companies\/\" title=\"Chinese Communist Party Database Leaks, Proves Party Members Have Infiltrated Foreign Governments and Major Companies\">foreign government<\/a> without notice to the U.S. attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Liang, 63, is accused of spying on local Chinese communities around Boston neighborhoods from 2018 to 2022 by turning over lists of names and photographs to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He also allegedly attempted to organize rallies supporting Taiwan\u2019s reunification with mainland China and counter-protests against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-to-joe-biden-on-china-stop-playing-games-with-bullies\/\" title=\"Enes Kanter to Joe Biden on China: 'Stop Playing Games with Bullies'\">pro-democracy dissidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Liang communicated with PRC government officials in several ways, including telephone calls and messaging using the social media application WeChat.<\/li>\n<li>The affidavit alleges instances involving Liang reporting a student who destroyed a PRC flag to Chinese officials, inquiring about the \u201cpolitical standing\u201d of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-arrested-charged-with-one-of-states-oldest-crimes\/\" title=\"Texas Judge Arrested, Charged With One Of State\u2019s Oldest Crimes\">local lawyer<\/a> to place the professional on a \u201cblacklist,\u201d and other informant activity about local Chinese family associations in New England and New York.<\/li>\n<li>Liang has also been accused of coordinating with United Front Work Department, a CCP committee that targets agencies, social organizations, businesses, universities, research institutes, and individuals to further China\u2019s goal, court documents say.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Frances Hui, policy and advocacy coordinator for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, organized a rally in 2019 opposing the government of Hong Kong\u2019s proposed bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. Hui said Liang\u2019s actions over the past years were \u201cdefinitely nerve-wracking to just learn all about what he has done in the past years, and especially to the people that participated in the rally that I organized in August of 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hui urged dissidents from Hong Kong to pay attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-government-spy-arrested-in-boston-court-docs-say\/\" title=\"Boston court documents reveal arrest of Chinese government spy.\">alleged organized spy activity<\/a>. \u201cI think that we just have to wake up to this and realize that this is the trans-national repression that we are facing under China\u2019s extensive rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liang faces up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal authorities arrested a U.S. citizen on Tuesday accused of spying for the Chinese government by coordinating with Chinese Communist Party officials to share information on political dissidents in Boston, Massachusetts, from 2018 to 2022. 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