California city mayor pleads guilty of being Chinese agent; quits post

WASHINGTON: (May 12) The mayor of Californian city of Arcadia has agreed to plead guilty for acting as an illegal agent of China, the US Department of Justice said.

Eileen Wang has resigned as Arcadia mayor and is expected to plead guilty in the federal court in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.

Wang, 58, along with her then-fiance Yaoning Mike Sun have been charged with promoting pro-China propaganda in the US at the behest of the Chinese government officials, federal prosecutors announced on Monday.