China says 'secret police stations' don't exist after New York guilty plea

Man admits to acting as unregistered foreign agent in Chinatown

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A courtroom sketch of Chen Jinping draw in April 2023. Chen pleaded guilty on Dec. 18 to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent in the U.S. © Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A New York resident who prosecutors say operated a "secret police station" in the Chinatown district of Manhattan to aid Beijing's targeting of dissidents pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent.

Chen Jinping, 61, entered the plea at a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court before U.S. District Judge Nina Morrison. He faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on May 30.

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