SMITH, MOOLENAAR URGE DOJ TO PROBE VANDALISM OF JUNE FOURTH MASSACRE MEMORIAL MUSEUM AS POTENTIAL ACT OF TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION

Washington, July 9 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:

Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), and John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chairman of the House Select Committee on China, sent a letter (https://chrissmith.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Letter_to_DOJ_on_TNR_FINAL.pdf) to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the recent vandalism of the June Fourth Massacre Memorial Museum in El Monte, California, as a potential act of transnational repression.

According to public reporting, unknown individuals broke into the Museum shortly before the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre-which occurred on June 4th, 1989-w...