根據美國司法部網站報道，五名个人被指控代表中华人民共和国秘密警察跟踪、骚扰和监视美国居民。其中包括焚燒自由雕塑公園的中共病毒雕塑。

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Defendants Participated in Transnational Repression Schemes to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Residing in the United States and Abroad – Including by Attempting to Disrupt the Campaign of a U.S. Military Veteran and Candidate for U.S. Congress in Brooklyn Who Expressed Views Critical of the PRC and by Scheming to Destroy a PRC Dissident’s Artwork Criticizing the PRC Government.

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