US Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her dad were the targets of a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the elder Liu - a former political refugee - said.
Her father told the Associated Press he was aware of the scheme last October after being contacted by the FBI. Arthur withheld the information from his 16-year-old daughter as he did not want to hamper her preparations for the Winter Olympics.
"We believed Alysa had a very good chance of making the [US] Olympic team and truly were very scared," he said. The teen went on to finish seventh in the women’s figure skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
