{"id":1939147,"date":"2023-05-26T18:26:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T22:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-charges-2-suspected-chinese-agents-for-targeting-falun-gong-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T22:27:46","slug":"doj-charges-2-suspected-chinese-agents-for-targeting-falun-gong-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-charges-2-suspected-chinese-agents-for-targeting-falun-gong-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Chinese agents charged by DOJ for targeting Falun Gong in US."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdoj-charges-2-suspected-chinese-agents-for-targeting-falun-gong-in-the-us%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=1939147&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>Two Men Charged with Attempting to Bribe Public Official to Help CCP &#8220;Topple&#8221; Falun Gong<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0526\/0a0f60e7-22ca-4e9d-a3b5-49ce3977819f\/audio.mp3?length=3631437&#038;duration=303\"><\/div>\n<p>Two men have been charged with attempting to bribe a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-number-of-front-line-health-care-workers-refusing-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"Shocking Number of Front Line Health Care Workers Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine\">public official<\/a> with tens of thousands of dollars in a scheme to help the Chinese Communist Party \u201ctopple\u201d the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. This marks the first prosecution from U.S. authorities to deter the Chinese regime from carrying out its persecution campaign targeting Falun Gong, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-charges-2-suspected-chinese-agents-for-targeting-falun-gong-in-the-us\/\" title=\"2 Chinese agents charged by DOJ for targeting Falun Gong in US.\">meditative practice featuring truthfulness<\/a>, compassion, and tolerance that Beijing has determined to eradicate since 1999.<\/p>\n<h3>The Scheme<\/h3>\n<p>John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swiss-billionaire-bankrolling-dark-money-group-pushing-for-biden-climate-initiative\/\" title=\"Swiss Billionaire Bankrolling Dark Money Group Pushing for Biden Climate Initiative\">citizen born<\/a> in China, and Lin Feng, a Chinese citizen aged 43, have attempted to \u201cmanipulate the IRS Whistleblower Program, through bribery and deceit,\u201d to strip a Falun Gong-run entity of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leah-remini-says-her-16-year-old-daughter-keeps-her-woke\/\" title=\"Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her \u2018Woke\u2019\">tax-exempt status<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-led-antitrust-lawsuit-mark-zuckerberg-and-sundar-pichai-signed-off-on-facebook-google-ads-collusion\/\" title=\"Texas-led Antitrust Lawsuit: Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai Signed Off on Facebook-Google Ads Collusion\">court filings unsealed<\/a> on May 26.<\/p>\n<h3>The Arrest<\/h3>\n<p>Chen and Feng, who reside in California\u2019s Chino City and Los Angeles respectively, were arrested from their residences early Friday morning. The two face charges of conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering. They will appear in District Court for the Central District of California on the same day.<\/p>\n<h3>The Response<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEfforts to manipulate and use the arms of the U.S. Government to carry out the PRC Government\u2019s autocratic aims are as shocking as they are insidious,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in a statement announcing the charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese government has yet again attempted, and failed, to target critics of the PRC here in the United States,\u201d said Attorney General Merrick Garland. He added that the Justice Department \u201cwill continue to investigate, disrupt, and prosecute efforts by the PRC government to silence its critics and extend the reaches of its regime onto U.S. soil\u201d and \u201cdefend the rights to which every person in the United States is entitled.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Plan<\/h3>\n<p>From January to May, Chen and Feng worked under the direction of Chinese officials to engage in a bribery campaign targeting Falun Gong. Discussing the plan in a recorded call around Jan. 21, Chen indicated his goal to achieve the Chinese regime\u2019s aim to \u201ctopple\u201d Falun Gong, noting that the Chinese \u201cleadership\u201d would be \u201cvery generous\u201d in funding the illicit payments, according to the court document.<\/p>\n<h3>The FBI&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s government has once again shown its disregard for the rule of law and international norms,\u201d said FBI Director Christopher Wray. He vowed that his agency will \u201ccontinue to confront the Chinese government\u2019s efforts to violate our laws and repress the rights and freedoms of people in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Takeaway<\/h3>\n<p>This case highlights the Chinese regime&#8217;s disregard for the rule of law and international norms, and the lengths it will go to silence its critics. It also shows the commitment of U.S. authorities to defend the rights and freedoms of every person in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bribe a public official with thousands of dollars to aid the Chinese Communist Party in suppressing Falun Gong, according to federal prosecutors. John Chen, a 70-year-old U.S. citizen, and Lin Feng, a 43-year-old Chinese citizen, have been charged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":361,"featured_media":1939148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4967,3649,4117,7076,7736,7735,6896,9029],"class_list":["post-1939147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-agents","tag-charged","tag-chinese","tag-doj","tag-falun","tag-gong","tag-targeting","tag-us"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}