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UPDATED Oct 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Oct 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
FBI arrests suspected Chinese agent at LAX
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
The FBI arrested Irvine realtor Wanying “Heather” Zhang at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday as she was preparing to board a flight to Shanghai. A federal complaint accuses her and an accomplice of photographing the Seattle-area home of a Taiwanese official’s family in September 2025; sources identified the target as President Lai Ching-te’s son.
WHO: FBI
WHAT: Arrested Wanying “Heather” Zhang on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
WHEN: Oct 4, 2026
WHERE: Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, USA
WHY: She was charged with acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government; the complaint alleges she surveilled a Taiwanese official’s family.
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