The former campaign adviser of a Southern California city council member pleaded guilty on Oct. 27 to acting as an illegal Chinese agent.
Sun Yaoning, also known as Mike Sun, worked as a campaign adviser in the 2022 city council race in Arcadia, a Los Angeles suburb.
He also operated a news website targeting the local Chinese American community, posting content supporting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
If the judge accepts the sentencing recommendation, Sun, 64, could face up to 10 years in prison.
In the plea agreement, Sun agreed that he was a foreign agent for China from 2022 to 2024, promoting pro-CCP propaganda in the United States without alerting the U.S. Attorney General….
California Political Adviser Pleads Guilty to Being Foreign Agent of China
