An Army veteran running for Congress, an Olympic figure skater, and a pro-democracy activist were among those targeted in an alleged plot by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to harass, intimidate, and spy on ethnic Chinese dissidents in America. Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against five men in three separate cases on March 16, whom they accused of acting as agents of the Chinese communist regime. Two of the defendants allegedly worked directly for the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the CCP’s top intelligence agency. “While separate matters, these cases are all very much related,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen during a press briefing. “One shows an insidious strategy to collect information on dissidents in order to target them and, in some cases, imprison pro-democracy activists abroad. One case describes a conspiracy to derail the congressional campaign of an American citizen and military veteran. And one shows …
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