Federal prosecutors say a former deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy hok has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government prosecutors say Linda's son blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to high level officials in New York state at the request of Chinese officials the indictment also alleges she shaped New York governmental messaging to align with the priorities of China among other infractions hok's office says sun was fired in March of 2023 after discovering evidence of misconduct Sun held numerous posts in New York state government before rising to the rank of Deputy Chief of Staff for hoko she also previously worked for former Governor Andrew Cuomo