(Chicago Comprehensive News) U.S. courts determine a Chinese citizen who used to be a reserve personnel of the US Army as an agent of the Chinese government.Give Chinese national security agencies.
According to the press release of the US Department of Justice on Tuesday (September 27), the Federal District Court of Northern Illinois in the United States determined that a 31 -year -old Chinese citizen Ji Chaoqi (transliteration) living in Chicago (transliteration)The next conspiracy to serve as the Chinese government's agent, and a charges of being a Chinese agent who did not report to the Ministry of Justice; he also had a crime of a false statement to the US Army.
According to the Voice of the United States, Ji Chaoqun was accused of being ordered by Xu Yanjun (transliteration) at the deputy director of the National Security Department of Jiangsu Province, China to provide eight people from Chinese intelligence personnel for recruitment of Jiangsu Province national security agencies.These eight people are from mainland China or Taiwan, but they are naturalized in the United States. They serve as engineers or scientists in the United States, and several of them are specializing in aerospace work.Prosecutors said seven of them worked for US defense contractors.
It is reported that the contact between Ji Chaoqun and the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Security can be traced back to 2013.However, when he applied for the "Scarcity Talent Reprint Plan" for the US military to recruit foreigners in 2016, he lied that he had not contacted the foreign government in the past seven years.Later, in the interview with an American Army officer, he did not disclose his relationship and contact with foreign intelligence officials.
According to U.S. law, Ji Chaoqun illegally acts as a foreign government agent for up to 10 years in prison, while conspiracy and false statement are convicted, each of which can be sentenced to five years in prison.
