A 65-year-old San Bernardino County man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role as a covert agent for the People’s Republic of China, federal officials announced Monday.
Officials with the United States Attorney’s Los Angeles Office said that between 2022 and January 2024, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, a Chino Hills resident and campaign advisor to an elected city council member in a Southern California city knowingly worked on behalf of Chinese intelligence without notifying the U.S. Attorney General as required by law.
“At the direction and control of PRC government officials, Sun coordinated with U.S.-based individuals to promote the PRC’s interests by, among other things, ‘orchestrat[ing]’ a team to help elect a politician identified in court documents as ‘Individual 1′ to political office and promoting pro-PRC propaganda in the United States,” a news release from the Department of Justice stated…