Three convicted in US plot to force people to go to China – By Al Jazeera and News Agencies (Al Jazeera) / June 20, 2023
Ex-NYPD officer, two others, worked at behest of Beijing in repatriation effort ‘Operation Fox Hunt’, authorities said.
A retired New York Police Department (NYPD) sergeant and two other men have been convicted for their roles in a scheme to forcibly repatriate US residents to China, according to authorities.
Retired sergeant Michael McMahon, 55, and Queens resident Zhu Yong, 66, were convicted on Tuesday by a Brooklyn jury of acting as illegal agents of the Chinese government, conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and interstate stalking.
The men, along with Zheng Congying, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit interstate stalking and interstate stalking, were part of “Operation Fox Hunt”, what US authorities have called China’s “global and extralegal repatriation effort” that targets dissidents and opponents of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Beijing has said the effort is part of an anti-corruption campaign and has maintained its law enforcement agencies follow international laws.
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