NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against an NYPD officer and Army reservist who had been charged with being a Chinese agent.
"As a result of our continued investigation, the government obtained additional information bearing on the charges," prosecutors said in a recent court filing, adding that it would dismiss the charges"in the interests of justice" for Baimadajie Angwang.
Angwang was charged by the Justice Department in September 2020 with acting at the"direction and control" of officials operating out of the Chinese consulate in New York to report on Tibetans living in the United States. The indictment referred to two unnamed officials assigned to the department responsible for"neutralizing sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of China.
At the time, Alan Kohler, the assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, wrote,"This case serves as yet another reminder that China represents the biggest counterintelligence threat to the United States and that the FBI and our partners will be aggressive in investigating and stopping such activities within our nation."
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