BOSTON—A Boston man accused of compiling a “blacklist” of U.S.-based dissidents for the Chinese regime was cleared of all charges on Monday.
A jury acquitted Litang Liang, 65, of charges that he conspired to act and acted as an agent of a foreign government without notice to the attorney general between 2018 to 2022.
Liang, a China-born U.S. citizen, had denied the charges and pleaded not guilty.
Following his acquittal on Monday, Liang told reporters outside the court “justice has finally arrived” via an interpreter.
U.S. Attorney Leah Foley, whose office pursued the case, told The Epoch Times in an email, “While we respect the jury’s decision, we are disappointed in today’s verdict.”…