Jury Deliberations Started in Case of NYC Chinese Police Outpost Operator

Prosecutors say the Chinese American curried favor with CCP officials before being chosen to open a Chinese police outpost in New York.

Lu Jianwang, accused of operating a secret police station for the Chinese regime in Manhattan's Chinatown, appears for his trial at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 6, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Jury deliberations started on May 12 in the case of a Chinese-American who helped Beijing launch an undercover police station in New York’s Chinatown.

Lu Jianwang, 64, a community leader and former president of the America ChangLe Association, was on trial in Brooklyn federal court, charged with acting as an agent of the Chinese regime for operating an undeclared outpost of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on U.S. soil.