The journalist who arranged the interview, the chief of VOA's Mandarin Service, was fired. But an investigation by independent journalism experts-and a separate State Department inspector general's inquiry - concluded that the decision was based solely on journalistic principles, VOA officials said. Guo accused the VOA of having been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence, a serious charge that threw the agency into turmoil. The plan was to broadcast a live interview for three hours on social media, but top officials at Voice of America ordered it stopped after an hour and 20 minutes, according to documents and interviews, because they were concerned he was making unverified allegations. began to grow, a journalist from the Voice of America, a government-funded news service, arranged to interview him. In 2017, as Guo's public profile in the U.S.
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Bannon, the presumption of innocence and the right for a fair trial before an impartial judge.” Guo appreciates that unlike the Chinese Communist Party, the United States of America affords all individuals accused in the United States, including Mr. Bannon’s activities with that organization. Bannon in fighting for democracy in China had nothing to do with the We Build the Wall organization or Mr. Bannon who has been a strong ally in fighting for freedom and democracy in China. Guo is aware of the situation involving Mr. In a statement, the lawyer for Guo also said, “Mr. A lawyer for Guo told NBC News that Guo reiterated his denial of the allegations.
Guo's lawyers have denied the allegations in court papers. The suit says she escaped while in London and went to the Chinese embassy, and that she filed a criminal complaint with Chinese authorities. from China to work as his assistant and then kept her prisoner for three years, repeatedly assaulting and raping her. A lawsuit filed in New York state by a 28-year-old Chinese woman says Guo lured her to the U.S. There are darker allegations against Guo than hypocrisy, however. In nearly three decades after his brother's death, there is no record of Guo taking a public stand against the party he says caused it, the Times wrote. Guo, who by all accounts made his money in real estate and securities, portrays himself in interviews and court records as an exiled whistleblower, proving an inside account of breathtaking corruption at the heart of the Chinese system.Īs a New York Times magazine profile pointed out in 2018, that timeline doesn't appear to explain why Guo spent the next two decades growing rich in China through real estate development, a business that typically requires close cooperation with government officials even in democracies, let alone an authoritarian state like China. "In this case, Guo set his sights on destroying Plaintiff Samuel Nunberg's reputation and livelihood by filing baseless litigation against him and slandering Nunberg with malicious, false lies which discredit Nunberg both personally and professionally." Nunberg's suit is ongoing. "Utilizing his world-wide publicity, high profile, social media accounts, and seemingly endless financial means, Defendant Guo regularly uses his public platform and power to defame and harass his enemies," Nunberg's suit says. And a former Trump aide, Sam Nunberg, is among many who have sued Guo alleging defamation he denies the allegations. A former female employee alleges in an ongoing lawsuit that he repeatedly raped her, a charge he disputes. Guo, who sometimes goes by Miles Kwok, is a mysterious and polarizing figure - a self-styled crusader against Chinese Communist corruption who has drawn the ire of the Chinese government but has also been sued by other Chinese dissidents. Guo's lawyer declined to comment, and Guo himself could not be reached. When Mercer Island police contacted the FBI, local investigators learned that Wengui appeared "to be a target of a large investigation personally and pertaining to his business," according to an official familiar with the matter.
The Mercer Island PD incident report identified the suspect as Guo Wengui, describing him as a "billionaire" based out of New York, and noted there were other victims. As of July 10, local authorities noted that no crime had been charged, and the FBI was investigating the matter. The investor wired $500,000 to receive shares in the company by the end of May, but never received shares and wasn't able to get in contact with the reported suspect, the report stated. Last month, investigators with the Mercer Island Police Department in Washington state took an incident report from an unidentified victim who had become an investor in GTV Media Group Inc., with the promise it was launching a video-sharing platform, similar to YouTube, "that was supposed to go huge," according to an official familiar with the matter. News Bannon and 3 others charged in scheme stemming from 'We Build The Wall' campaign