Boston court documents reveal arrest of Chinese government spy.

U.S. Citizen Arrested for Spying for Chinese Government in Boston

Litang Liang Indicted for Acting as Agent of Foreign Government

Federal authorities have arrested U.S. citizen Litang Liang for allegedly spying for the Chinese government in Boston, Massachusetts. According to court documents reported by the Boston Globe, Liang has been indicted by a grand jury for acting as an agent of a foreign government without notice to the U.S. attorney general.

Liang, 63, is accused of spying on local Chinese communities around Boston neighborhoods from 2018 to 2022 by turning over lists of names and photographs to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He also allegedly attempted to organize rallies supporting Taiwan’s reunification with mainland China and counter-protests against pro-democracy dissidents.

• Liang communicated with PRC government officials in several ways, including telephone calls and messaging using the social media application WeChat.
• The affidavit alleges instances involving Liang reporting a student who destroyed a PRC flag to Chinese officials, inquiring about the “political standing” of a local lawyer to place the professional on a “blacklist,” and other informant activity about local Chinese family associations in New England and New York.
• Liang has also been accused of coordinating with United Front Work Department, a CCP committee that targets agencies, social organizations, businesses, universities, research institutes, and individuals to further China’s goal, court documents say.

Frances Hui, policy and advocacy coordinator for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, organized a rally in 2019 opposing the government of Hong Kong’s proposed bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. Hui said Liang’s actions over the past years were “definitely nerve-wracking to just learn all about what he has done in the past years, and especially to the people that participated in the rally that I organized in August of 2019.”

Hui urged dissidents from Hong Kong to pay attention to the alleged organized spy activity. “I think that we just have to wake up to this and realize that this is the trans-national repression that we are facing under China’s extensive rule.”

Liang faces up to 15 years in prison.

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