Falun

The complaint described extensive interactions between Sun and John Chen, also known as Chen Jun, who was sentenced to federal prison last month for acting as an illegal Chinese agent and plotting against Falun Gong, a spiritual practice banned in China.

Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, was charged with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign power and conspiring with another man — John Chen — who had been plotting to target U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice banned in China.

Estrada said a goal of the scheme was to reduce “support in our country for Falun Gong and ... for pro-democracy movements in China.”

The men note in the report that Taiwan’s flag, which they refer to as a “false flag,” and Falun Gong had been featured in parades in the United States, according to the complaint.

The Chinese government sees Falun Gong as a threat to the continuation of Communist Party control of the country, according to the U.S.