Former Mayor Pleads Guilty to Chinese Agent Charge
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- Published
- May 30, 2026
- Duration
- 1:40
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- Last updated
- May 30, 2026
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Former Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang just pleaded guilty to secretly working as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, a crime that spanned from late 2020 to early 2022—before she even took office. She promoted pro-China propaganda on a website with her then-fiancé, Yaoning Sun, who’s already serving four years for the same offense. Prosecutors highligh…
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Former Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang just pleaded guilty to secretly working as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, a crime that spanned from late 2020 to early 2022—before she even took office. She promoted pro-China propaganda on a website with her then-fiancé, Yaoning Sun, who’s already serving four years for the same offense. Prosecutors highlighted her June 2021 post defending China’s Xinjiang policies. Despite mounting pressure from residents and officials, Wang couldn’t be removed fr
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