US charges seven over alleged Beijing plot to forcibly repatriate ‘elite’ Chinese
by Staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#64Z3S)
US attorney in New York criticises outrageous violations of national sovereignty' and alleges campaign of harassment against US resident
The United States has charged seven Chinese nationals it accuses of waging a surveillance and harassment campaign against a US resident and his family as part of a bid by Beijing to forcibly repatriate one of them back to China.
The eight-count indictment, unsealed on Thursday in a US district court in Brooklyn, New York, is the latest case by the justice department targeting China's global overseas campaign, known as Operation Fox Hunt".
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