Serbian law enforcement authorities have arrested two foreign nationals — 🇨🇳 Cui Guanghai and 🇬🇧 John Miller — at the request of the US.

Cui and Miller are accused of coordinating and directing a conspiracy to harass, intimidate, and threaten a Los Angeles resident (the victim) who had been publicly critical of 🇨🇳 Xi Jinping.

Beginning in Oct 2023, Cui and Miller enlisted two individuals (Individual 1 and Individual 2) inside the US to carry out a plot to prevent the victim from protesting Xi’s appearance at the APEC summit in Nov 2023. The victim had previously made public statements in opposition to the policies and actions of the 🇨🇳 government and Xi.

Unbeknownst to Cui and Miller, Individual 1 and Individual 2 were affiliated with and acting at the direction of the FBI.

In the weeks leading up to the APEC summit, Cui and Miller directed and coordinated an interstate scheme to surveil the victim, to install a tracking device on the victim’s car, to slash the tires on the victim’s car, and to purchase and destroy a pair of artistic statutes created by the victim depicting Xi and Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan.

A similar scheme took place in the spring of 2025, after the victim announced that he planned to make public an online video feed depicting two new artistic statutes of Xi and his wife. In connection with these plots, Cui and Miller paid two other individuals (Individual 3 and Individual 4), approximately $36,500 to convince the victim to desist from the online display of the statues. Unbeknownst to Cui and Miller, Individual 3 and Individual 4 were also affiliated with and acting at the direction of the FBI.

If convicted, Cui and Miller face five years in federal prison for conspiracy and five years in federal prison for interstate stalking.

The US will seek extradition of Cui and Miller and will work in partnership with the Republic of Serbia’s Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Justice.          

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