US Olympic Figure Skater, Father Targeted
in Alleged Chinese Spy Plot
Posted By: earlybird, 3/17/2022 3:26:33 PM
An American Olympic figure skater and her father were among those targeted in an alleged conspiracy by secret agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to silence dissidents abroad, according to a report by the Associated Press. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu were allegedly targeted by the CCP’s effort to stalk and intimidate critics of the regime living in the United States. The FBI informed the elder Liu last year that he and his daughter Alysa, then aged 16 (snip), were being targeted by the CCP. The elder Liu said he didn’t tell his daughter because he worried it would frighten her,
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An American Olympic figure skater and her father were among those targeted in an alleged conspiracy by secret agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to silence dissidents abroad, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu were allegedly targeted by the CCP’s effort to stalk and intimidate critics of the regime living in the United States.
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