A Chinese national is facing a criminal charge in Honolulu for allegedly failing to disclose his ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its military in his visa application.
Lin Fanlin, born in Beijing in 1975, made his initial court appearance on July 7. He is scheduled to appear before Chief Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield for a detention hearing in Honolulu on July 10, when the judge is expected to consider prosecutors’ July 6 m…