Federal prosecutors in New York dropped their case against an NYPD officer indicted for allegedly spying on behalf of China’s communist regime.
Baimadajie Angwang was charged in 2020 with acting as an illegal agent of China’s communist regime.
Angwang was an officer with the NYPD’s 111th Precinct in Queens, and a U.S. Army reservist. Born in Tibet, Angwang was a naturalized U.S. citizen who previously served in the United States Marine Corps.
He was accused of reporting on the activities of Tibetan residents in New York City at the request of the Chinese Consulate there. The efforts allegedly began in 2014….