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Diasabra 12 December 2020

Accused ‘spy’ cop for China raised suspicions at party attended by AOC

about this for your work’s
A photo posted on Ocasio- sake.”
Cortez’s Instagram page
shows Angwang and another “They are the biggest venue
cop seated at a table inside the for activities right now. If
community center, on either they are involved with poli-
side of Ocasio-Cortez (D- tics, then in the future more
NY), another woman and a than half of the meetings
baby. might take place there,” he
added.
“Losar Tashi Delek! Spent
this morning with our NY- Angwang, who’s also a deco-
14 Tibetan community to rated former US Marine and
celebrate Lunar New Year,” a US Army reservist with a
the congresswoman wrote in “secret” security clearance,
the caption on Feb. 9, 2019. is charged with illegally act-
ing as an agent of a foreign
“This little one and I were government, as well as wire
playing with giving each oth- fraud, false statements and
er Tibetan white scarves, or obstruction of an official pro-
Khatas, which are auspicious ceeding.
tokens given to honor others
on holidays and special occa- The latter charges are all tied
( NyPost.com) - The and “cut off the relationship” sions. We had so much fun!” to a Department of Defense
NYPD cop charged with with him following the event “We gave him nothing, noth- security clearance form on
spying for China raised at its community center in ing.” A criminal complaint filed which he allegedly lied by de-
alarms at a Tibetan New Woodside, Queens, last year. against Angwang in Brooklyn nying contacts with any Chi-
Year party that he at- Gyephel also said his group federal court alleges that he nese officials or family mem-
tended in uniform — and Sonam Gyephel declined held an “urgent meeting” and his handler — identified bers with ties to the People’s
where he was photo- to say precisely what alerted Monday night over Ang- only as “[People’s Republic Liberation Army, namely his
graphed sitting next to members to the since-dis- wang’s arrest by the FBI ear- of China] Official-2″ — dis- father and brother.
US Rep. Alexandria Oca- graced cop, who’s accused of lier in the day and planned to cussed the community cen-
sio-Cortez, The Post has gathering intelligence on fel- hold a news conference Tues- ter during a Dec. 30, 2018, Angwang is being held with-
learned. low Tibetans at the direction day evening. phone call recorded by the out bail and faces a maximum
of a handler stationed at the “In our community, especial- FBI. 55 years in prison if convict-
A former president of the Chinese consulate in Man- ly, people are worried, how ed.
Tibetan Community of NY hattan. “We didn’t give any did it happen?” he said. Angwang allegedly suggested
& NJ said the group be- information to him, any doc- “So we want to make sure they should visit the center Ocasio-Cortez’s office didn’t
came suspicious of Officer uments, nothing,” Gyephel that people had no … case to together, saying, “if it’s good immediately return a request
Baimadajie Angwang, 33, told The Post on Tuesday. worry.” or not, you need to know for comment.

Cash-strapped Indonesians turn to online Sunday market

(AP) — Rani Nurwitawati never providing space for sellers to register long-sleeved clothes — and camisole make an online Sunday market since
thought she would lose her job at online while buyers are required to — a loose-fitting sleeveless undergar- we can do nothing offline during the
an Indonesian market research preorder. ment — made of Javanese batik cloth. pandemic. But it turns out, enthusi-
company where she worked for asm is high, so many sellers are hav-
17 years. Sellers must follow some rules, in- “This is a new business, but seeing ing high hopes.”
cluding offering local artisan products the enthusiasm and orders from the
The reality hit months after the CO- and use minimum plastic packaging. Pahingan Sunday market, I think it ___ “One Good Thing” is a series
VID-19 pandemic. will be a promising business for me,” that highlights individuals whose ac-
Aside from providing income for her Satiti said. tions provide glimmers of joy in hard
“The impact is quite big for me," the daily living, Nurwitawati said that the times — stories of people who find
41-year-old said. "My brother lost his Sunday market is giving her more ex- Reny Ajeng, one of the organizers of a way to make a difference, no mat-
job, my sister got a 25% pay cut. And perience in operating a new business. the Sunday market, said it's held once ter how small. Read the collection of
finally, I also lost my job.” every 35 days, following the five-day stories at https://apnews.com/hub/
“I have learned about networking, Javanese calendar. one-good-thing
Armed with the knowledge from her got new knowledge, and more people
former employer that the food and know my products," she said. "When Strict social restrictions imposed in
beverage business will survive dur- I joined for the first time, I was re- Indonesia during the pandemic have
ing the economic downturn, Nur- ally sad because there was only one stopped the physical market as well
witawati decided to start selling food buyer, after that it increased to more as other cultural and art activities at
from her own kitchen. than 10. It was not bad, from less than Omah Wulangreh. The online ver-
one 100,000 rupiah ($7) to hundreds sion came to life when Reny and her
She found an ally in Omah Wulan- of thousands rupiah.” six friends decided to launch it in
greh, an art and cultural community early August.
in South Jakarta that began an online She prepares baked spaghetti and
version of the Pahingan Sunday mar- mango sticky rice. There were 46 tenants who joined the
ket in August, only days after Nur- third online event last month. Buyers
witawati lost her job. Parahita Satiti, 37, also joined the Sun- had one week to preorder item, such
day market. She has always dreamed as traditional snacks, batik clothes, or
The community used to host the of running a business related to tradi- coffee. During one week, there were
Sunday market at its location, but it tional fashion products. She hopes to almost 500 items sold, worth about
only accommodated limited tenants. get extra income after her office cut 25 million rupiah ($1,770).
As the pandemic tore through Indo- her monthly allowance by half dur-
nesia, leaving many without income, ing the pandemic. She sells tradition- “To be honest, we are really happy,"
the artists moved the market online, al Javanese kebaya — women’s upper Reny said. “Our first mission was to