
美国联邦调查局(FBI)表示,美国当局于周日逮捕了一名加州女子,指控她应中国官员的要求,对台湾总统的儿子进行间谍活动。
US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.
FBI在一份声明中指出,他们于周日在洛杉矶国际机场逮捕了张婉莹(Wanying Zhang,又名Heather),当时她正准备前往中国。
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement.
当局指控这位来自加州尔湾市(Irvine)的34岁女子充当未注册的外国代理人。FBI称,张监视了台湾总统赖清德的一名儿子。
Authorities charged Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California, with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Zhang surveilled a son of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, the FBI said.
该机构未直接点名张的疑似目标,但随后分享了一份《纽约邮报》的报道,确认该目标为赖廷宇(Lai Ting-yu),一名美国居民。
The agency did not directly name Zhang's alleged target, but later shared a New York Post report identifying him as Lai Ting-yu, a US resident.
司法部表示,张于2025年在中国官员的指示下前往西雅图,随后向他们发送了台湾领导人儿子及其家人的照片、视频和车牌信息。
The Justice Department said Zhang traveled to Seattle in 2025 at the direction of Chinese officials and subsequently sent them photos, video, and license plate information of the Taiwanese leader's son and his family.
加州中区联邦法院首席助理检察官比尔·埃萨利(Bill Essayli)在声明中表示,张使用了反侦察手段以逃避检测,且从未通知华盛顿她正在为外国政府行事。
Zhang used tradecraft to avoid detection and never notified Washington that she was acting for a foreign government, Bill Essayli, the first assistant US attorney for the Central District of California, said in a statement.
中国驻华盛顿大使馆和驻美台北经济文化办事处未立即回应置评请求。目前尚不清楚张是否已聘请辩护律师。埃萨利表示,她将于周一在洛杉矶联邦法院出庭。台湾总统推动与中国不同的身份认同。
赖清德及其领导的民进党倡导台湾与中国不同的身份,这一立场经常激怒北京,北京视台湾为中国领土。
The Chinese embassy in Washington and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It was not immediately clear whether Zhang has a defense attorney. She will appear on Monday in a Los Angeles federal court, Essayli said. Taiwanese president pushes separate identity from ChinaLai and his Democratic Progressive Party champion Taiwan's separate identity from China, a position that frequently angers Beijing, which views the island as Chinese territory.
华盛顿与台湾没有正式外交关系,但美国是台湾最重要的国际支持者和武器供应国。
Washington does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but the United States is the island's most important international backer and weapons supplier.