US Seeks Extradition of 2 Suspects Arrested in Serbia Over Scheme Targeting Los Angeles Artist

US Seeks Extradition of 2 Suspects Arrested in Serbia Over Scheme Targeting Los Angeles Artist

Two foreign nationals were arrested on April 24 in Serbia at the request of the U.S. government for allegedly hiring people to harass, intimidate, and threaten a Los Angeles resident who had publicly criticized Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the United Kingdom, were arrested by Serbian law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced in a …

It added that the two people hired by Cui and Miller were linked to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday (April 25) that Serbian law enforcement agencies arrested 43-year-old Chinese citizen Cui Guanghai and 63-year-old British citizen John Miller at the request of the United States. The two were accused of planning interstate harassment and intimidation of an anti-communist living in Los Angeles.