Chinese spy duo charged in Huawei case as US condemns ‘egregious’ interference
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#652PM)
Pair allegedly tried to bribe top US official as attorney general says DoJ will not tolerate attempts to undermine the rule of law'
Two Chinese intelligence officers tried to bribe a US law enforcement official as part of an effort to obtain inside information about a criminal case against the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed on Monday.
The announcement of charges against the two alleged agents came as attorney general Merrick Garland detailed two other cases in which Chinese intelligence operatives harassed dissidents inside the United States and pressured US academics to work for them.
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