The U.S. Department of Justice indicted nine individuals who allegedly acted as “illegal agents” to intimidate a former Chinese official and his family to return to China. The charges on July 22 supersede a previous criminal complaint in October last year to include a ninth defendant, Chinese prosecutor Tu Lan who traveled to the United States to direct a harassment campaign and ordered a co-conspirator to wipe evidence. The Chinese campaign was part of a concerted state-directed effort known as Operation Fox Hunt, which began in 2014 and aims to repatriate Chinese fugitives, including dissidents living in the United States. The victim, who the Justice Department referred to only as “John Doe #1,” previously served as a Chinese municipal government official before coming to the United States. He, his wife, and daughter have lived in New Jersey since 2010. Around 2012 and 2014, the Chinese regime prompted Interpol, an inter-governmental …