FBI arrests alleged Chinese agent at LAX after she allegedly surveilled son of Taiwanese president

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Wanying "Heather" Zhang, a realtor, was arrested at LAX for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
She is accused of surveilling Ting-Yu Lai, the son of Taiwanese President Ching-Te Lai, and his family in Seattle, Washington.
Zhang allegedly took pictures and videos of Ting-Yu Lai and his family, and their home, communicating her actions to Chinese government handlers.
Her alleged mission was arranged during a trip to China, where she met with a government official introduced by a classmate from a university linked to Chinese intelligence.
The FBI obtained evidence from Zhang's iCloud account, including text messages from the Chinese messaging app WeChat.

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