A former New York City police sergeant was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of acting as an illegal Chinese agent by intimidating a U.S.-based fugitive to try to get him to return to his homeland to face charges.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Michael McMahon was hired to surveil New Jersey resident Xu Jin, who was accused by China of corruption as part of a global repatriation campaign by Chinese law enforcement called "Operation Fox Hunt."
The Chinese embassy in Washington has said the defendants are not Chinese law enforcement, and said the charges were slanderous or based on rumor. It has also said repatriating fugitives is a just cause. Prosecutors said McMahon knew the Chinese government was behind the push, and even got paid during a meeting with a Chinese official at a Panera Bread in Paramus, New Jersey.
Zhu's lawyer, Kevin Tung, said the defendants were "used" by China, and that individuals who unknowingly act as agents of foreign governments should not be held liable.
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