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8 Accused by the US of Participating in China’s Operation Fox Hunt

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8 Accused by the US of Participating in China’s Operation Fox Hunt

The case demonstrates the United States’ growing interest in aggressively pursuing illegal Chinese agents in the country.

8 Accused by the US of Participating in China’s Operation Fox Hunt
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The United States Department of Justice announced on October 28 that eight individuals have been charged with conspiring to act as illegal agents of China, with six of them additionally also charged with conspiracy to commit interstate and international stalking. According to the statement, “The defendants, allegedly acting at the direction and under the control of PRC government officials, conducted surveillance of and engaged in a campaign to harass, stalk, and coerce certain residents of the United States to return to the PRC as part of a global, concerted, and extralegal repatriation effort known as ‘Operation Fox Hunt’.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested five of the accused while three remain at large. Out of the five, two of them were arrested in the Central District of California.

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