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Southern California mayor to plead guilty to acting as illegal agent for China

The Independent·Jaimie Ding·21 days ago
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A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government and has resigned from her city position, officials confirmed Monday. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia , was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She was accused of doing the bidding of Chinese officials, such as sharing articles favorable to Beijing, without prior notification to the U.S. government as required by law. The 58-year-old was elected to a five-person city council in November 2022, from which the mayor is selected on a rotating basis. City manager Dominic Lazzaretto said no city finances or staff were involved in the alleged activities. “We want to be clear: this investigation concerns individual conduct, and the charges are for conduct that ceased after Ms. Wang was sworn into office in December 2022,” he said.…

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