US: LA area mayor to plead guilty to acting as Chinese agent
Key takeaways
- The mayor of a Los Angeles suburb with a heavy Chinese-American presence has resigned after admitting to acting as a Chinese propaganda agent.
- A mayor of a city in Southern California has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of acting as a foreign agent of the Chinese government, US officials said on Monday.
- The charge carries a maximum term of 10 years in prison in the US.
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The mayor of a Los Angeles suburb with a heavy Chinese-American presence has resigned after admitting to acting as a Chinese propaganda agent. Eileen Wang now faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Dc BFThe mayor is accused of operating a news website serving the local Chinese American community in a manner which promoted pro-Chinese propaganda [FILE: Oct 9, 2023]Image: Nathan Frandino/REUTERSAdvertisement. A mayor of a city in Southern California has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of acting as a foreign agent of the Chinese government, US officials said on Monday.
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April to a single felony count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government, the US Attorney's Office in the Central District of California said on Monday.