(Reuters) – A New York City Police Department officer has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of China and other offenses, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Baimadajie Angwang, 33, was arrested earlier Monday and was due to appear in federal court in Brooklyn later in the day, the department said in a statement.
Angwang reported to officials of the Chinese consulate about the activities of Chinese citizens in the New York area and assessed potential intelligence sources for the Chinese government within the Tibetan community in New York and elsewhere, the statement said.
(Reporting by Mohammad Zargham in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler)
