NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two men were arrested Monday for operating an illegal police station on behalf of the Chinese government, federal authorities said.
Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping will be arraigned in federal court Monday afternoon after authorities raided the "police station" at 107 East Broadway, near Pike Street, in Chinatown.
"New York City is home to New York’s finest: the NYPD," U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, said at a news conference announcing the arrests. "We don't need or want a secret police station in our great city."
Officials separately announced charges against more than three dozen members of China’s national police, accusing them of creating and using fake social media accounts to locate and harass dissidents in the United States.
The cases are part of a series of Justice Department prosecutions aimed at disrupting Chinese government efforts to target Chinese dissidents, including those promoting pro-democracy views, and stifle their speech.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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