FBI arrests California woman spying on Taiwan president's son

Los Angeles, Oct 5 (UNI) The FBI arrested a 34-year-old California woman on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of China and surveilling the son of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and his family, US federal officials said. Wanying "Heather" Zhang, of Irvine, California, allegedly traveled to Seattle in September 2025 with an associate and surveilled a close relative of a senior Taiwanese government official, according to a federal complaint filed. Zhang, 34, was taken into custody before boarding a flight to Shanghai and faces a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, according to the…