Lawyers of Lu Jianwang, who has lived in the US for decades, said the alleged covert police station was just a community centre
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenMark Magnierin New YorkPublished: 7:40am, 7 May 2026Updated: 7:44am, 7 May 2026A trial of a US citizen of Chinese descent accused of creating a covert police station in Manhattan opened on Wednesday, considering evidence of what the US government says is part of Beijing’s bid to expand its influence well beyond Chinese shores.
Lu Jianwang, 64, faces three charges in the US Eastern District Court of New York: acting as an unauthorised agent of China; conspiracy to act as a foreign agent; and obstruction of justice. He is accused of using the fourth floor of a building in Manhattan’s Chinatown to monitor and harass overseas Chinese, using the room as an unauthorised police station. Lu has pleaded not guilty.
US federal agents arrest 2 men for running Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
US federal agents arrest 2 men for running Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New YorkChina’s MPS, using overseas affiliates, attempts to identify “friends and allies” who are “favourably inclined” towards the Chinese government and Communist Party,” Ku said.
