An alleged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operative arrested by the FBI on Monday was pictured meeting with several prominent New York Democrats at posh dinners and campaign events, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found.
Lu Jianwang, who was arrested Monday for conspiring to act as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has been photographed with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and attended an apparent fundraiser for New York Democrat Rep. Grace Meng, according to multiple Chinese-language news reports and photographic evidence, the Daily Caller reported.
Lu is a New York City resident.
The photos show Lu meeting with Meng, Adams, and Schumer during events in 2022 and 2023. Lu allegedly operated an overseas police station on behalf of the Chinese government.
The FBI charged Lu with “obstructing justice by destroying evidence of [his] communications with a [Ministry of Public Security] official,” just months after the FBI raided the office of America Changle Association, the nonprofit at which Lu previously served as chairman, sometime in fall 2022.
Before the FBI raid, the America Changle Association allegedly served as an outpost for an overseas Chinese police station linked to an international Chinese police unit known as 110 Overseas, which is headquartered in China’s Fujian province.
According to prosecutors, Lu was closely connected to Chinese law enforcement, and was enlisted to help China with "repressive activities" in the U.S. beginning in 2015, including harassing Chinese dissidents.
"The PRC's actions go far beyond the bounds of acceptable nation-state conduct. We will resolutely defend the freedoms of all those living in our country from the threat of authoritarian repression," said an assistant attorney general, Matthew Olsen, from the Justice Department's National Security Division, BBC News reported.
Lu participated in a fundraiser held in Flushing, New York, for Rep. Meng’s congressional campaign, according to photos posted on CareerEngine.US, a Chinese-language news website.
Additionally, Lu Jianshun, the current America Changle Association chairman, also attended the April 2022 fundraiser, the Daily Caller reported.
Lu Jianwang also met with New York Democrat Mayor Eric Adams on a number of occasions.
An alleged CCP operative arrested by the FBI on Monday was pictured meeting with several prominent New York Democrats at posh dinners and campaign events, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found.
The photos show Lu meeting with Meng, Adams and Schumer during events in 2022 and 2023. Lu allegedly operated an overseas police station on behalf of the Chinese government.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said last November that his agency was monitoring reports of Chinese police stations, calling them a "real problem," the BBC reported.
"To me, it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop, you know, in New York, let's say, without proper coordination," Wray said. "It violates sovereignty and circumvents standard judicial and law enforcement cooperation processes."
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