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U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu a former political refugee were among those targeted in a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the elder Liu said late Wednesday.
Arthur Liu told The Associated Press he had been contacted by the FBI last October, and warned about the scheme just as his 16-year-old daughter was preparing for the Winter Olympics that took place in Beijing in February. The father said he did not tell his daughter about the issue so as not to scare her or distract her from the competition.
We believed Alysa had a very good chance of making the Olympic Team and truly were very scared, Arthur Liu said.
The Justice Department earlier Wednesday announced charges against five men accused of acting on behalf of the Chinese government for a series of brazen and wide-ranging schemes to stalk and harass Chinese dissidents in the United States.
Arthur Liu said he and his daughter were included in the criminal complaint as Dissident 3 and family member, respectively.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2022/03/17/alysa-liu-us-olympian-figure-skating-chinese-spy-case/7073131001/
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Nathan Chen? Vincent Zhou? Eileen Gu? Makes me wonder about them and their families too.
Response to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)
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JT45242
(2,247 posts)I read the post and got the idea that the others were potential victims of the Chinese government and not that they were helping Xi's spying ring.
iemanja
(53,012 posts)I'll self-delete.
My apologies to Jilly in VA.
ZellyCabMem
(49 posts)Same day, but probably a coincidence.