A mistrial was declared on Monday in the closely watched case of a former senior New York official charged with acting as a Chinese agent after the jury was unable to reach a verdict.
The jury remained deadlocked on all 19 counts after several days of deliberation in the case of Linda Sun, a former aide to New York governors Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo, on charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (Fara).
She and her husband and co-defendant Chris Hu were also charged with...
Mistrial in case of ex-top aide to New York Governor charged with working as China agent
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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