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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 25 OcTOber 2022
Chinese officers charged in plot to obstruct U.S. Huawei probe

By ERIC TUCKER and NO- Monaco said.
MAAN MERCHANT Wang and He are accused
Associated Press of reaching out to some-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two one who began working
men suspected of being as a double agent for the
Chinese intelligence offi- U.S government, and that
cers have been charged person’s contacts with the
with attempting to obstruct defendants were overseen
the U.S. criminal investiga- by the FBI. At one point last
tion and prosecution of year, prosecutors say, the
Chinese tech giant Huawei, unnamed person passed
according to court docu- to the defendants a single-
ments unsealed Monday. page document that ap-
The cases were announced peared to be classified as
at a news conference that secret and that contained
featured the heads of both information about a pur-
the FBI and the Justice ported plan to charge and
Department, a rare joint arrest Huawei executives in
presence reflecting a con- the U.S.
certed American show of But the document was ac-
force against Chinese intel- tually prepared by the gov-
ligence efforts. Washington ernment for the purposes
has long accused Beijing of the prosecution that was
of meddling in U.S. political Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, flanked by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, left, unsealed Monday, and the
affairs and stealing secrets and FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaks to reporters as they announce charges against two information in it was not
and intellectual property. men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers for attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal accurate. The company is
investigation and prosecution of Chinese tech giant Huawei, at the Department of Justice in
Eleven other Chinese have Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2022. not named in the charg-
been charged with various Associated Press ing documents, though
offenses in cases, including the references make clear
harassment of individuals Huawei case, Guochun He said. The department has have been embarrassing that it’s Huawei, which was
in the U.S., that FBI Director and Zheng Wang, are ac- issued arrest warrants for to the Chinese govern- charged in 2019 with bank
Christopher Wray said show cused of trying to direct a the pair, but it’s not clear ment.” And two additional fraud and again the follow-
that China’s “economic as- person with the U.S. govern- whether they will ever be people were arrested and ing year with new counts
saults and their rights viola- ment whom they believed taken into custody. five others charged with of racketeering conspiracy
tions are part of the same was a cooperator to pro- Attorney General Merrick harassing someone living in and a plot to steal trade
problem.” vide confidential informa- Garland also announced the U.S. to return to China secrets. Spokespeople for
”They try to silence anyone tion about the Justice De- charges against four other as part of what Beijing calls Huawei and the Chinese
who fights back against partment’s investigation, Chinese nationals, accus- “Operation Fox Hunt.” Embassy in Washington
their theft companies, poli- including about witnesses, ing them of using the cover “Today’s cases make clear did not immediately return
ticians, individuals just as trial evidence and poten- of an academic institute that Chinese agents will not messages seeking com-
they try to silence anyone tial new charges. One of to try to procure sensitive hesitate to break the law ment. Huawei has previous-
who fights back against the defendants paid about technology and equip- and to violate international ly called the federal inves-
their other aggressions,” he $61,000 for the information, ment as well as interfering norms in the process,” Dep- tigation “political persecu-
said. The two men in the the Justice Department with protests that “would uty Attorney General Lisa tion, plain and simple.” q

Mary J. Blige, Jill Biden team up for

cancer prevention

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE The program provides more practice of not wanting
Associated Press money for research to, as other people in our busi-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jill Biden said, “help us end ness” for disparities in breast
Biden administration’s initia- cancer as we know it. For cancer outcomes between
tive to spur prevention and good.” Blacks and whites.
treatment of cancer got a R&B superstar Blige said she She said she is convinced
dose of celebrity support lost aunts and other family that, had her aunts, god-
Monday when singer Mary members to breast, cervi- mother and grandparents
J. Blige joined Jill Biden and cal and lung cancer. She been informed about can-
the American Cancer Soci- has promoted breast can- cer, “they would have a First lady Jill Biden holds hands with singer Mary J. Blige during
ety to announce national cer screening, especially different outcome today.” an event to launch the American Cancer Society’s national
meetings on breast and among Black women who She paused a few times to roundtables on breast and cervical cancer in the State Dining
cervical cancer. are disproportionately af- stay composed. Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Washington.
The cancer society fected, through the Black The first lady reached for Associated Press
pledged to convene the Women’s Health Impera- Blige when the Grammy of brain cancer in 2015, will help encourage collab-
events after President Joe tive. Award-winning singer re- thanked Blige for “lending oration and research, in-
Biden and the first lady Blige on Monday blamed turned to her seat. They your powerful voice to this vest in new treatments and
resurrected the “cancer misconceptions about sat holding hands for sev- cause.” therapies, and help people
moonshot” initiative this mammograms among eral minutes before Biden, The first lady said the admin- get the best care and sup-
year. Black women and “the whose adult son Beau died istration’s cancer initiative port for their loved ones.q