Breon Peace, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn announced that US law enforcement officials have arrested two New York residents for allegedly operating a Chinese 'secret police station' in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood
NEW YORK, April 17 - U.S. law enforcement officials on Monday arrested two New York residents for allegedly operating a Chinese "secret police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown, part of a crackdown on Beijing's alleged targeting of U.S.-based dissidents.
The charges come as the Department of Justice ramps up probes into what it calls "transnational repression" by U.S. adversaries such as China and Iran to intimidate political opponents living in the United States.
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