{"id":1998522,"date":"2023-08-12T02:53:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T06:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-known-pro-beijing-chinese-american-arrested-by-fbi-for-attempting-to-obstruct-justice\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T06:59:14","slug":"well-known-pro-beijing-chinese-american-arrested-by-fbi-for-attempting-to-obstruct-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-known-pro-beijing-chinese-american-arrested-by-fbi-for-attempting-to-obstruct-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI arrests prominent pro-Beijing Chinese American for obstructing justice."},"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%2Fwell-known-pro-beijing-chinese-american-arrested-by-fbi-for-attempting-to-obstruct-justice%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=1998522&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>Overseas \u200dChinese Community Leaders Charged with Obstruction of Justice<\/h2>\n<p>Several overseas Chinese\u2064 community leaders have\u200b recently been charged with failing to register as foreign\u200b agents and obstruction \u200bof justice, as they attempted to destroy evidence when being investigated by the FBI. A case in point is Michael Su (Chinese\u2064 name is Zuqi Su), who was arrested\u2064 on July 19\u200c for attempting to\u200c obstruct justice while his\u2062 possible role as a \u2064foreign agent remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Su, a\u200c Queens, New York resident,\u2064 certainly is not an ordinary Chinese. According to a court filing, he owns a Chinese restaurant called\u2062 Jasmine in Manhattan, which is adjacent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pics-greta-thunberg-joins-london-protest-tells-banks-to-stop-funding-our-destruction\/\" title=\"PICS: Greta Thunberg Joins London Protest, Tells Banks to 'Stop Funding Our Destruction'\">major financial institutions<\/a>, foreign\u2064 embassies, and the United Nations. It is particularly close to\u2063 the Chinese\u2062 Mission to the United\u2062 Nations.<\/p>\n<p>His restaurant was even\u200c featured in\u2063 a 2018 article in China Daily\u2019s English edition, which touted that \u200dJasmine is \u201cpopular with U.N. diplomats in Midtown Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u200cStories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fbi-arrests-2-for-operating-secret-chinese-police-station-in-nyc-5200542\">FBI Arrests 2 Over Secret Chinese Police Station in NYC<\/a> &#8211; 4\/17\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/chinese-student-with-military-ties-arrested-for-alleged-visa-fraud-5445107\">Chinese Student With Military\u200d Ties\u2062 Arrested for Alleged Visa Fraud<\/a> &#8211; 8\/4\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/arrest-made-in-texas-drivers-license-scheme-involving-ny-based-chinese-crime-ring-5216998\">Arrest Made in Texas Driver&#8217;s License \u200bScheme\u200d Involving \u200bNY-Based Chinese Crime Ring<\/a> &#8211; 4\/26\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Su\u2019s business empire is\u2064 not just limited to a\u200d Chinese \u2062restaurant. The FBI is currently investigating \u200ban intermediary agency that he owns, which claims to \u200bbe able to help\u200b students in China gain admission to\u2064 elite U.S. schools.<\/p>\n<p>The court filing did not provide the name \u200cof Mr. Su\u2019s study abroad agent. However, Aiqicha, an \u200denterprise \u200bquery\u2064 app developed by\u200b China\u2019s\u2063 search engine giant \u200dBaidu, listed a Shanghai-based company,\u2064 Legendary Milestone Corporation, under \u200bMr. Su.\u200c The\u2063 company also has a \u2062registered\u2062 address in New York on Roosevelt Ave., Flushing.<\/p>\n<p>The query app revealed\u2064 that\u200c Mr.\u2064 Su registered another \u200corganization at \u200dthe same address, China &#038; Africa \u2062Innovation Alliance Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Su also\u2064 serves \u2064as president of the North American \u2063Chinese Technology and\u2063 Industry \u200bAssociation (NACASTC), which is \u200bsaid to\u2064 be one of North America&#8217;s largest academic, \u2062technological, and business\u200d organizations. Its \u2063registered address is the same as that\u200c of Jasmine,\u200d the Chinese restaurant. The latter often served as the\u200d venue for some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-support-israel-because-the-other-side-would-behead-me-why-are-queers-for-palestine-ignoring-lgbtq-persecution-in-gaza-and-the-muslim-world\/\" title=\"\u2018I Support Israel Because The Other Side Would Behead Me.\u2019 Why Are \u2018Queers For Palestine\u2019 Ignoring LGBTQ Persecution In Gaza And The Muslim World?\">events organized<\/a> by NACASTC.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Su also founded \u2064the \u2064Global Climate Innovation Center in August last year and presented a donation check for flood relief to the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in October \u2064of the same year.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Political and Business Network\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Legendary \u200bMilestone, Mr. Su\u2019s study abroad agency, claims on its website\u2063 that it provides individualized training that shapes students into international \u2064leadership elites and facilitates priority admissions to top overseas schools.<\/p>\n<p>Its service also includes \u200c\u201cbackground enhancement programs,\u201d such as\u200b United Nations internships and recommendation letters written by\u2063 ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p>It said that the company can\u200d do such things because it \u201chas a\u200d political and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-and-fbn-block-attorney-matthew-deperno-from-appearing-on-hannity-and-lou-dobbs-after-explosive-antrim-county-it-report-on-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"FOX News and FBN Block Attorney Matthew Deperno From Appearing on Hannity and Lou Dobbs after Explosive Antrim County IT Report on Dominion Voting Machines\">business network<\/a> \u2063that is at the top of the pyramid.\u201d\u200b It cited United Nations, the World Monetary \u200dFund, and Fortune 500\u200d companies \u2062such as Google, \u2064Tesla, Morgan \u2062Stanley, and Goldman Sachs as \u2063its\u200b cooperating organizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, we are \u200dcapable\u2062 of creating internship and\u200b job referral opportunities for aspiring young people,\u201d \u200bthe\u2064 website boasts.<\/p>\n<h2>Helping Recruit Overseas Talent<\/h2>\n<p>NACASTC also \u200cclaims to be committed to providing a full range of services to bring overseas \u200dtalents to China. For example, one of its 2016 blog \u2064posts wrote about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-known-pro-beijing-chinese-american-arrested-by-fbi-for-attempting-to-obstruct-justice\/\" title=\"FBI arrests prominent pro-Beijing Chinese American for obstructing justice.\">large-scale overseas\u2063 talent\u2062 recruitment \u2063event coming<\/a>\u2063 to New \u200dYork and\u200b Boston \u2064with 16 \u200cChinese universities and \u2062a \u200bbig company specializing in business and marketing among the recruiters.<\/p>\n<p>The post specifically made mention of the Thousand \u2064Talents\u2064 Program, which seeks to entice\u200d expatriate Chinese scientists \u2062and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you have a heart\u200c to serve your country even though you now reside in the U.S. \u200dimperialism?\u200c Do you feel like you have a lot\u2062 of talents but feel\u2062 disappointed because there is\u2063 no room for\u200d you to display your \u2063talents in the United States? \u2026 Have you heard of \u200dChina\u2019s \u2018Thousand Talents \u2062Program\u2019 for top talents?\u2019 Would you like to become one of those top talents?\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n<p>It has organized high-level international conferences, \u2064and some of the celebrity participants included former U.S. Secretary\u2063 of State Colin Powell and former Australian Prime Minister \u200bKevin Rudd, according to the post.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2064the\u200b organization\u2019s website has already been deleted, the digital archive Wayback Machine could track its past contents, \u2062which showed that it has arranged for \u200cits clients to visit President George\u200b W. \u2063Bush Jr. and\u2062 for\u200b Beijing Municipal \u200dPublic Security Bureau to visit New York City Police Department.<\/p>\n<h2>FBI Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>According to the indictment, a series of \u2062FBI actions\u200c culminated in the arrest of Mr. Su.<\/p>\n<p>Around May, a witness reported that Mr. Su would return to \u2062China. Before leaving,\u200c Mr. Su gave the witness two iPhones to keep, saying that he was afraid the U.S.\u2063 border authorities would inspect these iPhones during border \u2063crossings, as he did not want the U.S. government\u2064 to find out what was on his \u2063phones.<\/p>\n<p>Upon \u2063returning to\u2062 the United States on July \u200b18 through JFK\u2063 international airport, Mr. Su agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the FBI, during which he admitted that it was fra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overseas Chinese leaders face charges for not registering as foreign agents and obstructing justice. The FBI investigation revealed evidence destruction attempts. 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