New York Governor Kathy Hockle announced on Wednesday that a senior Chinese consulate official who played a central role in the shocking espionage charges against former New York state aide Linda Sun is no longer serving at the state's diplomatic mission in New York.
Former New York Consul General Hwang Ping was seen by The Washington Post rushing out of the consulate on Wednesday morning, just hours after Ho Chol told reporters he had asked an unnamed “senior” State Department official to fire Hwang, and that his request had apparently been granted.
“I have also called on the State Department to take appropriate action in response to the dangerous and reprehensible actions of the People's Republic of China,” she said.
Huang's dramatic resignation came just a day after federal prosecutors filed a shocking 64-page indictment against Sun, 41, and her husband, Christopher Hu, 40, accusing Sun of acting as a foreign agent for China.
According to prosecutors, Sun received millions of dollars in bribes from the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party for his work under Hawkle and former Governor Andrew Cuomo to effectively turn the New York Governor's Office into a Chinese mouthpiece, particularly on the Taiwan issue.
