India, Sept. 17 -- The pleaded person was identified as 68-year-old Yuanjun Tang.

According to court documents, Tang is a former PRC citizen who was imprisoned in the PRC for his activities as a dissident opposing the one-party authoritarian political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the PRC's sole ruling party, including during the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations.

"In 2002, Tang defected to Taiwan, and he was subsequently granted political asylum in the United States," read a statement issued by the US Department of Justice.

He has since resided continuously in New York City, where he has regularly participated in events with fellow PRC dissidents and leads a nonprofit dedicated to promoting democracy in Ch...