Trial opens for Bronx man accused of running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC

The defense argued that the office was a place where members of the diaspora could renew their Chinese driver’s licenses amid COVID-19-era travel restrictions and gather for community.

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A Bronx man accused of running a secret Chinese police station in Manhattan’s Chinatown went on trial in Brooklyn federal court last Wednesday, more than three years after his arrest.

The allegations

Lu Jianwang, 64, who was arrested in April 2023, faces three charges before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, inclu…