Five Chinese ‘spies’ are charged with plotting against Beijing dissidents in US

Federal prosecutors have charged five accused Chinese spies with plotting against anti-Beijing dissidents living in the U.S.

The five men – Fan ‘Frank’ Liu, Matthew Ziburis, Quiang ‘Jason’ Sun, Shujun Wang and Qiming Lin – participated in various schemes

Many schemes involved obtaining personal information about dissidents, including a Tiananmen protester turned New Yorker running for Congress

In another scheme, the suspects plotted to destroy a sculpture that depicted Chinese President Xi Jinping as a COVID-19 molecule

Three of the five suspects have been taken into custody

Lin and Sun remain at large 

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