南加州政治顾问孙耀宁充当中国政府非法代理人，被判48个月联邦监禁
2026年2月9日，位于加州圣贝纳迪诺县奇诺岗市的居民孙耀宁（Yaoning “Mike” Sun），65岁，被联邦地区法官 R. Gary Klausner 判处48个月联邦监禁。美国司法部2月10日宣布，孙耀宁的罪名是在没有依法通知司法部长的情况下充当中国政府的非法代理人，其中包括他担任一名南加州城市市议员候选人竞选顾问期间的行为。他已于2025年10月就一项充当外国政府非法代理人的罪名认罪，此案在加州中区联邦法院审理。
据法庭文件，至少自2022年至2024年1月，孙耀宁明知故犯，在美国境内按中国政府官员的指使与控制行事。他协调美国境内人员为中国政府的利益服务，包括组织团队帮助法庭文件中称为「一号人物」的政界人士当选，并在一个南加州城市2022年11月的市议会选举中担任其竞选顾问，一号人物当选市议员。2020年至2023年，孙耀宁与一号人物还共同运营一个面向当地华裔社区的所谓新闻网站，按中国政府官员的指令发布亲中内容。
法庭文件还显示，孙耀宁曾密切监视台湾时任总统蔡英文2023年4月访问南加州的行程，把她的动向实时报告给中国驻洛杉矶总领馆官员，并拍摄支持与反对她的抗议者照片发给该官员。2023年2月，他在给中国政府官员的报告中自述曾在中国人民解放军服役，并申请8万美元经费，用于在华盛顿国庆游行中组织一场亲中示威。检方在量刑备忘录中说，孙耀宁的主要同谋陈军（John Chen）是中国情报系统的高层人员，陈军已于2024年11月在纽约南区联邦法院就充当中国非法代理人等罪名被判20个月监禁。
司法部国家安全司助理部长 John A. Eisenberg 说，孙耀宁多年来接受中国政府官员的指令、散布中国宣传、监视被中国视为威胁的团体，是对美国主权的公然侵犯。加州中区联邦代理检察官 Bill Essayli 说，联邦执法部门不会允许敌对外国渗入美国政治机构的治理。此案由联邦调查局调查。
Southern California Political Operative Yaoning 'Mike' Sun Sentenced to 48 Months for Acting as a Covert Agent of China
On February 9, 2026, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner to 48 months in federal prison. The Justice Department announced on February 10 that Sun was convicted of acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China without notifying the Attorney General as required by law, including while serving as the campaign advisor for a candidate elected to a Southern California city council. He pleaded guilty in October 2025 to one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government, in a case heard in the Central District of California.
According to court documents, from at least 2022 to January 2024, Sun knowingly acted in the United States at the direction and control of PRC government officials. He coordinated with U.S.-based individuals to promote the PRC's interests, including orchestrating a team to help elect a politician identified in court documents as “Individual 1,” whose campaign for a city council seat in a Southern California city he advised in 2022; Individual 1 was elected in November 2022. From 2020 through 2023, Sun and Individual 1 also operated a purported news website for the local Chinese American community, posting pro-PRC content at the direction of PRC officials.
Court documents also show that Sun closely surveilled the then-President of Taiwan during her April 2023 visit to Southern California, sending real-time updates on her movements to an official at the PRC consulate general in Los Angeles, along with photographs of individuals protesting in support of and in opposition to her. In a February 2023 report to PRC officials, Sun described his past service in the People's Liberation Army and requested $80,000 to fund a pro-PRC demonstration at a Fourth of July parade in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum that Sun's primary co-conspirator, John Chen, was a high-level member of the PRC intelligence apparatus; Chen was sentenced in November 2024 in the Southern District of New York to 20 months in prison for acting as an illegal agent of the PRC and conspiracy to bribe a public official.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said Sun for years received and executed taskings from Chinese government officials, disseminated Chinese propaganda and surveilled groups China viewed as threatening, in a brazen violation of U.S. sovereignty. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California said federal law enforcement will not allow hostile foreign nations to infiltrate the governance of the nation's political bodies. The FBI investigated the case.
来源：美国司法部
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