Sun was the Chief of Staff for Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) when Meng was a member of the New York State Assembly, then worked for Cuomo in multiple positions: Director of Asian American Affairs, Deputy Chief Diversity Officer, and Deputy Superintendent for Intergovermental Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer.
Kathy Hochul was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of violating and conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy.
Sun was the Chief of Staff for Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) when Meng was a member of the New York State Assembly, then worked for Cuomo in multiple positions: Director of Asian American Affairs, Deputy Chief Diversity Officer, and Deputy Superintendent for Intergovermental Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer. After Hochul took office in August 2021 Sun became Deputy Chief of Staff, then left that job in November 2022 to become the Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Business Development at the New York State Department of Labor.
The former aide, Linda Sun, is accused of acting on behalf of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, to further their interests in the United States.
Christie M. Curtis, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's New York Field Office, said: According to the indictment and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, "Acting at the request of PRC government officials and the CCP representatives, Sun engaged in numerous political activities in the interests of the PRC and the CCP," including: • blocking representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to high-level New York State officers; • changing high-level New York State officers’ messaging regarding issues of importance to the PRC and the CCP; • obtaining official New York State proclamations for PRC government representatives without proper authorization; • attempting to facilitate a trip to the PRC by a high-level New York State politician; • arranging meetings for visiting delegations from the PRC government with New York State government officials.
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