Chinese Dissident Who Admitted Spying for Beijing in the US Gets No Jail Time – WTOP News
Tang admitted spying on Chinese dissidents for about 5 years and avoided prison after prosecutors said he fed Beijing information on dozens of activists.
- On Thursday, Judge John G. Koeltl sentenced Yuanjun Tang, 69, to three years' probation in Manhattan federal court after Tang admitted to spying on fellow activists for the Chinese government for five years.
- Originally a 1989 Tiananmen Square protester, Tang defected to America in 2002 and confessed to providing information to the Ministry of State Security for about $4,200 annually.
- Tang exploited his status to enable a handler to infiltrate a chat group with 140 Chinese-American individuals and recorded protests, including a 2023 Manhattan event dedicated to Tiananmen Square victims.
- Four individuals who believe they were victimized spoke at sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane Chong stated Tang's actions "had a chilling effect on an entire community of people."
- Defense attorney Michael Bradley argued Tang sought to visit ailing parents, while Judge Koeltl noted that claims Tang targeted families for harm could not be proven.
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Yuanjun Tang participated in the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations calling for democracy
Chinese dissident who admitted spying for Beijing in the US gets no ja
NEW YORK (AP) — A member of New York’s Chinese dissident community who admitted spying for five years on his fellow activists on behalf of the Chinese government avoided prison time at his sentencing Thursday in Manhattan
Winnipeg Free Press
Chinese dissident who admitted spying for Beijing in the US gets no jail time
NEW YORK (AP) — A member of New York’s Chinese dissident community who admitted spying for five years on his fellow activists on behalf of the Chinese government avoided prison time at his sentencing Thursday in Manhattan federal court.
Flushing-based Chinese democracy activist Tang Yuanjun was sentenced today (December 12) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to three years of supervised release without a fine. The 69-year-old Tang pleaded guilty in September 2025 to acting as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party government without legally notifying the U.S. Attorney General.
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