NYPD officer arrested for spying on behalf of communist China


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Federal authorities arrested on Sept. 22, an officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and a U.S. Army reservist over allegations of espionage for China . Baimadajie Angwang, a 33-year-old ethnic Tibetan who later on became a naturalized U.S. citizen, referred to himself as a Chinese “asset” – according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A criminal complaint filed by the FBI against Angwang indicated that he acted “at the direction and control” of Chinese government officials at the Chinese Consulate in New York. He used his position to report on the activities of ethnic Tibetans, assess...