Federal prosecutors have dropped their case against an NYPD officer accused of spying on the Tibetan immigrant community for the Chinese government.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York filed a motion to dismiss the case Friday saying that "the government obtained additional information bearing on the charges," according to court documents obtained by NBC News. The office did not elaborate on the nature of the information.
Dating to 2014, prosecutors said that Angwang reported on the activities of ethnic Tibetans, identified potential Tibetan intelligence agents and used his official capacity as a police officer to invite Chinese consular officials to NYPD events. The People's Republic of China occupied and gained control of Tibet in 1951. Since then, Tibetan activists who feel their community is oppressed and persecuted by China have staged numerous protests.
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