Sun Qingye

Sun Qingye
孙青野
Deputy director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 July 2020[1]
Serving with Li Jiangzhou
LeaderZheng Yanxiong
Dong Jingwei
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)[2]
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Sun Qingye
Traditional Chinese孫青野
Simplified Chinese孙青野
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Qīngyě

Sun Qingye, also known as Sun Wenqing (born 1965), is the deputy head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR.[1] Sun has a background working in the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China,[3] particularly in the China International Culture Exchange Center.[4]

On 15 January 2021, pursuant to Executive Order 13936, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on six government officials, including Sun, in response to the arrest of more than 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong.[5]

After Sun was sanctioned, Apple Daily reported that Sun had been using an alias when he was sent to Hong Kong, and originally went by Sun Wenqing while working in other positions in the government.[6]

  1. ^ a b "国务院任免国家工作人员". Xinhua (in Chinese). 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "美制裁6人 揭國安公署孫青野背景 又名「孫文清」屬政協 譚耀宗警國安處長上榜" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Ming Pao. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ^ 江, 流 (5 July 2020). "中国公安内部会议释信号 将出手维护香港国安". 多维新闻 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ^ Joske, Alex (2022). "Nestling spies in the united front". Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World. Hardie Grant Books. pp. 24–39. ISBN 978-1-74358-900-7. OCLC 1347020692.
  5. ^ "Designating PRC and Hong Kong Officials after Widespread Pro-Democracy Arrests in Hong Kong". U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Alias of Beijing national security official in Hong Kong unmasked by latest US sanctions list ｜ Apple Daily". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.