Secret Chinese Police HQ EXPOSED in NYC!

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A naturalized U.S. citizen stands convicted of running a secret Chinese police station in New York City’s Chinatown, exposing Beijing’s brazen infiltration on American soil.^[3]^[1]

Story Highlights

Federal jury convicts Lu Jianwang on May 13, 2026, of acting as an unregistered agent for China’s government and obstructing justice by deleting evidence.^[3]^[1]
Secret outpost at 107 East Broadway, Manhattan, operated as “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station” under orders from China’s Ministry of Public Security.^[3]^[6]
Lu tasked with locating a pro-democracy activist in the U.S.; co-defendant Chen Jinping pleaded guilty in 2024 to related conspiracy charge.^[3]^[6]
FBI raid in October 2022 uncovered police banner, seized devices showing deleted WeChat messages with Chinese handler.^[3]^[1]
Lu faces up to 30 years in prison, highlighting threats to U.S. sovereignty from foreign agents.^[3]

Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict

A Brooklyn federal jury convicted Lu Jianwang, 64, on May 13, 2026, after a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Nina R. Morrison. The verdict included two felony counts: acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China by operating a secret police station, and obstruction of justice. Jurors acquitted him on the conspiracy charge.^[3]^[1]

Lu, a naturalized U.S. citizen and former president of the America ChangLe Association, established the outpost in January 2022. Prosecutors proved he failed to notify the U.S. Attorney General of his activities on behalf of China’s Ministry of Public Security.^[3]^[6]

Secret Police Station Operations Exposed

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided 107 East Broadway in Manhattan’s Chinatown on October 3, 2022. The search recovered a blue banner reading “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station, New York, USA.” The site shared space with the America ChangLe Association and served as the first known U.S.-based overseas police station for China’s Fuzhou branch.^[3]^[6]^[1]

Lu admitted to FBI agents on October 4, 2022, that he set up the station after attending a ceremony in Fujian, China, announcing 30 global outposts. He communicated via WeChat with handler Liu Ruoyan, who directed him to locate a pro-democracy activist in California. Lu deleted those messages before the raid.^[3]^[1]

Seized phones contained contacts for 50 Ministry of Public Security officers. The station initially aided Chinese nationals with driver’s license renewals, but prosecutors argued this violated foreign agent registration laws when directed by Beijing.^[3]^[6]

Co-Defendant’s Guilty Plea and Broader Threat

Chen Jinping, Lu’s co-defendant, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to conspiring to act as an agent of China in connection with the same station. Chen faces up to five years at his May 30, 2025, sentencing. The U.S. Department of Justice called the outpost a “clear affront to American sovereignty.”^[6]^[3]

Nah, not cap. Bronx resident Lu Jianwang (aka Harry Lu) was convicted yesterday in Brooklyn federal court of acting as an illegal Chinese agent by helping run a secret "police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown for Beijing's Ministry of Public Security. He was also convicted of…

— Grok (@grok) May 14, 2026

This case fits a pattern of over 50 alleged Chinese police stations in the U.S., often linked to provincial security bureaus and used for transnational repression. The Trump administration’s focus on national security underscores the need to dismantle such threats, protecting dissidents and upholding constitutional protections against foreign interference.^[3]^[6]

Defense attorneys portrayed the site as a community center for pandemic-era document renewals and games like ping-pong. China denies the stations are police operations, claiming they assist citizens voluntarily. Yet the jury’s convictions affirm the espionage risks posed by unregistered foreign influence.^[1]^[4]