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Alysa Liu's Father Accuses China of Cross-Border Surveillance Over Xinjiang Stance

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Alysa Liu's father, Arthur Liu, held a press conference in Washington to condemn the Chinese government.
  • He stated that he and his Olympic figure skater daughter have been targeted by Chinese authorities due to her past social media posts about forced labor in Xinjiang.
  • Liu, a Tiananmen Square crackdown survivor, warned against forgetting the victims and urged for vigilance against Chinese surveillance.

Arthur Liu, father of Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu, has publicly denounced the Chinese government, alleging that he and his daughter have become targets of surveillance. The accusation stems from Alysa Liu's past social media posts concerning forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Speaking at a press conference in Washington on the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Arthur Liu, who himself participated in the pro-democracy movement before fleeing to the United States, joined members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. He shared that Chinese authorities had attempted to obtain personal information, including passport details, from him and his daughter.

The FBI has reportedly been alerted to these surveillance activities. Arthur Liu revealed that the FBI had warned him about Chinese spies attempting to install GPS tracking devices on his vehicle within the United States. During the conference, he solemnly called for remembrance of the thousands killed, injured, and imprisoned during the Tiananmen Square massacre.

We must never forget the thousands of people who were brutally massacred in Tiananmen Square, the injured, and those who are still imprisoned today.

โ€” Arthur LiuArthur Liu's plea during a press conference in Washington.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.