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原文地址：New York man charged with spying on US-based pro-democracy activist groups for Chinese government
新闻日期：2024-08-21
纽约联邦检察官逮捕了一名居住在美国的中国异议人士，指控他秘密为中国 intelligence 机构工作，并对美国的民主活动团体进行监视。
据美国司法部新闻稿报道，67岁的唐元军被指控以未注册外国代理人的身份在美国行为，并向 FBI 提供了虚假陈述。当局称，自2018年以来，唐元军一直在中国政府的情报部门国家安全部（MSS）的指导下为中国工作。
唐元军曾在2002年因抗议中国共产党的一党制政治系统而被捕，后逃往台湾并获得美国庇护，现居纽约市。联邦调查局表示，在2018年至2023年6月期间，唐元军根据 MSS 的指示完成了多项任务，并向中国政府传递了关于美国中国民主组织的信息。
此外，他至少三次与 MSS 情报官员面对面会面，并帮助这些官员加入由中国流亡者和民主活动家使用的加密通讯应用程序。在调查过程中，联邦当局表示他们找到了来自 MSS 的指令，包括照片、视频和文件。唐元军还向 FBI 提供了虚假陈述，声称自己无法访问一封通过邮件账户与 MSS 代理人进行沟通的电子邮件。
唐元军被指控犯有一项未注册外国代理罪（最高可判五年），一项实际担任外国代理人的罪（最高可判十年），以及一项提供虚假陈述罪（最高可判五年）。如果被判有罪，联邦地区法院法官将根据判刑指南和其他相关因素决定具体的刑期。联邦调查局仍在继续进行调查。
原文摘要：
Federal prosecutors in New York arrested a Chinese dissident living in the U.S., accusing him of covertly working for China’s intelligence agency and spying on pro-democracy activist groups. According to a press release from the U.S. Justice Department, Yuanjun Tang, 67, was charged with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and making materially false statements to the FBI. Authorities allege Tang has been spying on the U.S. since 2018 and acted upon the direction of China’s intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS). CHINESE-AMERICAN POSING AS PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST SPIED ON DISSIDENTS FOR BEIJING: ‘THE PLOT OF A SPY NOVEL’ Tang defected to Taiwan in 2002 after he was imprisoned for protesting the one-party authoritarian political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). After defecting to Taiwan, he was subsequently granted asylum in the U.S. and lived in New York City. Federal agents said between 2018 and about June 2023, Tang acted as an agent of the PRC by completing tasks at the direction of the MSS. Authorities said Tang relayed information to the PRC about U.S.-based Chinese democracy organizations. VITAL WESTERN ALLIANCE COUNTRIES’ HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON CHINA IS A MAJOR PROBLEM: ‘DANGEROUSLY EXPOSED’ He also traveled “at least” three times for face-to-face meetings with MSS intelligence officers and assisted the officers in joining encrypted messaging applications used by PRC dissidents and pro-democracy activists. During the investigation into Tang’s spying activities, federal authorities say they recovered instructions that he had received from the MSS, including photographs, videos and documents. Tang also made materially false statements to the FBI, federal authorities said. He allegedly falsely claimed that he was no longer able to access an email account through which he had communicated with his MSS handler through draft emails. Tang was charged with one count of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the attorney general, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison; one count of acting as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the attorney general, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison; and one count of making false statements, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP If convicted, a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. The FBI is continuing to investigate.
