Chinese National Sentenced to 9 Months in Prison for Threatening Pro-Democracy Activist

‘The defendant’s crimes are serious. He weaponized the authoritarian nature of the PRC government in order to harass and threaten Miss Zoey,’ prosecutors said.

Wu Xiaolei (R) and his attorneys leave the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston on April 24, 2024. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

A U.S. District Court sentenced a Chinese national to nine months in prison, three years of supervised release, and deportation afterward for cyberstalking and threatening a fellow student in Boston. He will self-surrender to a designated jail on June 7. Wu Xiaolei was found guilty on both counts three months ago.

The sentence is less than the prosecutors’ recommendation—33 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release—but more than the defendant’s attorney requested: release followed by an immediate self-deportation.