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WESELY CHAPEL, Fla. \- A federal indictment unsealed today charges Ping Li, a 59-year-old resident of Wesley Chapel, with acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without notifying the U.S. Attorney General, as required by law. Li faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Court documents allege that Li worked as a “cooperative contact” for the PRC’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), the country’s civilian intelligence agency. He allegedly provided the MSS with information on various topics of interest to the Chinese government, including details about Chinese dissidents, p…

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