00:02to california now where a woman is accused of spying for china and the person she was allegedly
00:07tracking the son of taiwan's president the fbi arrested wanying heather zhang at los angeles
00:14international airport sunday as she was preparing to board a flight to china she's now charged with
00:19acting as an unregistered foreign agent federal prosecutors say zhang who entered the u.s through
00:25seattle in 2025 surveilled one of the sons of taiwan's president lai chingde who reportedly
00:31lives in the u.s the justice department says she sent chinese officials photos video and license
00:37plate information involving the president's son and his family taiwan's presidential office is
00:42calling the alleged plot a quote typical case of transnational repression and thanking the u.s
00:48government for protecting taiwanese citizens zhang is expected to make her first appearance in federal
00:54court in los angeles today
