House GOP presses Hochul on alleged CCP agent's influence in New York, including secret Chinese police station

FIRST ON FOX– Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is requiring responses from New york city Gov. Kathy Hochul relating to previous senior assistant Linda Sun, who was just recently prosecuted for apparently being a representative for the Chinese Communist Celebration.

Tenney penned a letter to the Democratic guv today, and asking about how Sun had actually affected the state’s federal government and economy, in addition to possible links to reported secret Chinese police headquarters running in the Huge Apple.

” These accusations are deeply troubling and cast doubt on your judgment in employing, and listening to, such a person. I advise the consultation of a bipartisan panel to examine you and your administration’s actions, and the complete effect of Ms. Sun’s impact on the New york city State federal government and economy,” Tenney composed to Hochul, according to a copy of the letter acquired by Fox News Digital.

Sun and her partner, Chris Hu, were jailed on Tuesday in connection to a federal indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of New york city implicating her of serving as a concealed representative of the Chinese federal government and wielding her impact as a deputy chief of personnel in the New york city State executive chamber to discreetly promote Individuals’s Republic of China (PRC) and CCP programs. District attorneys state the plan, which apparently likewise included them laundering countless dollars for China and utilizing kickbacks to purchase themselves residential or commercial properties and high-end lorries, straight threatened nationwide security.

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Tenney, in her letter, cast doubt on Hochul’s judgment in employing Sun. Hochul informed press reporters on Wednesday that she discovered the accusations versus Sun “definitely stunning” however was still “positive in our vetting procedure today,” that includes “really high levels of background checks.”

The congresswoman’s letter stated the accusations versus Sun “cast doubt on various policy choices by your administration,” and asked “what impact, if any, Ms. Sun had on these choices.”

” For instance, various reports have actually detailed that the CCP runs secret police headquarters in New york city City to keep an eye on, frighten, and control Chinese New Yorkers and New York City State has yet to take major action versus these stations. Did Ms. Sun play any function in the choice to permit these police headquarters to run?”

In 2015, 2 individuals were jailed in New york city City for apparently running a private police headquarters in Manhattan’s Chinatown for a branch of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. The U.S. Department of Justice stated in the problem at the time that the offenders had actually collaborated “to develop the very first abroad police headquarters in the United States.”

In her letter, Tenney motivated Hochul to “completely ask forgiveness to our Taiwanese partners for this destructive effect that Ms. Sun’s actions have actually had on the relationship in between Taiwan and the New York City State Federal government,” keeping in mind how the federal indictment declares that Sun often evaluated anti-CCP or pro-Taiwan rhetoric from New york city State authorities’ remarks, fraudulently utilized New york city State resources to help CCP authorities to go into the United States, obstructed conference demands from anti-CCP or pro-Taiwan companies and leveraged her position for personal product gain.

” While these actions have actually just just recently emerged, we still do not understand the complete effect that Ms. Sun’s actions have actually had on the New york city State federal government or economy,” Tenney composed.

Fox News Digital connected to Hochul’s workplace for remark, however they did not instantly react.

Lawyer Seth DuCharme strolls in front of previous New york city Gov. Kathy Hochul assistant Linda Sun, center, and her partner, Christopher Hu, left, leaving Brooklyn Federal Court after their arraignment, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New york city. ( AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)

The guv’s workplace stated that Sun, who had actually operated in Hochul and previous Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administrations, had actually been fired in March 2023 for misbehavior which they are totally complying with the federal examination.

Tenney’s letter asks Hochul to divulge when she found out that Sun was a jeopardized CCP representative, consisting of whether that was before or after being notified by the DOJ. Keeping in mind Sun’s “duplicated efforts to censor New york city State authorities’ speeches to adhere to CCP talking points,” Tenney asked Hochul if the guv ever presumed that Sun “might have had an unsuitable relationship with the CCP.”

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Hochul is likewise asked to offer a list of the number of, if any, conferences she had with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Workplace (TECO) or the Taipei Economic and Cultural Agent Workplace (TECRO) authorities throughout her time as guv and lieutenant guv, in addition to a list of the number of conferences she had with CCP authorities throughout that exact same time.

” Will you dedicate to conference with TECO and excusing Ms. Sun’s effort to disallow them from main conferences with New york city State authorities?” Tenney asked.

Bird’s-eye view of the home of Chris Hu and Linda Sun in Manhasset, New York City. ( J. Conrad Williams Jr./ Newsday RM through Getty Images)

The letter asks Hochul whether she acknowledges “the essential function that New york city’s trade relationship with Taiwan plays in our economy and the value of preserving strong ties with Taiwan.”

It likewise asks whether the guv will dedicate to acknowledging a Taiwanese-American Heritage Week in 2025, whether Hochul acknowledges “the continuous CCP genocide of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Province” and whether the guv is sorry for not consisting of a remark “about this atrocity in your 2021 Lunar New Year video, as was initially meant before Ms. Sun’s intervention.”

Tenney likewise asks Hochul what actions, if any, the guv has actually required to make sure that there are no other jeopardized CCP representatives within her administration or who will be permitted to join it. The letter notes a Sept. 18 due date for Hochul to offer reactions to Tenney’s concerns. Tenney likewise asked that Hochul recommend on her intents to produce a panel “to examine the effects of Ms. Sun’s actions” and to offer details on her “intents to ask forgiveness to our Taiwanese partners.”