A jury heard about how accused Chinese spy Linda Sun, a former top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, once bragged about Hochul’s obedience when she filed a Happy Chinese New Year video.
Prosecutors have accused Sun of working as a Chinese agent in exchange for money and other perks.
The remarks came when Hochul served as second-in-command. From The New York Post:
“She is much more obedient than the governor,” the accused Beijing mole wrote to China consular official Lihua Li in a Jan. 25, 2021, message shown to jurors in Brooklyn federal court.“The deputy governor listens to me more than the governor does,” Sun wrote in another text minutes later — punctuated with a sheepish grin emoji — sent to Huang Ping, who headed the consulate office at the time.The messages, made public Thursday after being presented to the jury earlier this week, show Sun taking credit for convincing Hochul to film the video for the Chinese Consulate in which she wished viewers “xin nian kuai le,” or happy New Year.The Chinese officials had asked for Cuomo to film the video, but Sun told them that she could likely get Hochul to participate instead, the messages show.“Let me ask, but likely the LG can probably do it,” Sun replied to Li, referring to Hochul, in one of the messages shown in court.“That would be great as well. Thanks,” Li responded.
Sun asked Li to give her talking points to pass to Hochul, making sure she mentions them in the video.
By the way…the video is still on the New York Chinese Consulate’s YouTube page.
Ping’s private chef sent Sun’s family “luxurious salted ducks” from Nanjing:
“I want to eat salted duck,” Sun texted Ping during a chummy July 28, 2021 exchange, in which she also joked that she should get a “China-US Friendship Award,” court records show.“My master is from Nanjing and has great skills. I’ll ask them to make them now,” Ping replied.“I have a lot of family here, maybe a few more, all from Nanjing,” Sun continued, noting that her relatives would be “very happy” to receive the poultry delicacy.The consul general then agreed to send Sun six ducks, and texted her two days later asking whether she had tried them yet.“Well, I eat it as a midnight snack,” Sun responded.“Thank you Ambassador Huang. The duck is especially delicious,” she added — ending the text with a licking-lips emoji to convey her pleasure.
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