Jury Convicts Lu Jianwang for Running Secret Chinese Police Station in New York Chinatown

A federal jury convicted Lu Jianwang, 64, of acting as an illegal foreign agent of China and obstructing justice by destroying WeChat messages from a Chinese government handler. Prosecutors proved Lu established a secret police outpost in Manhattan Chinatown in 2022 after attending a Chinese Ministry of Public Security event announcing 30 covert police stations worldwide, using the facility to harass and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents. Lu, a U.S. citizen for decades, faces up to 30 years in prison at sentencing.