Espionage charges dropped against an NYPD officer accused of providing China with intelligence on the Tibetan community in New York.

An NYPD officer accused of spying on the city’s Tibetan communities for the Chinese government was “innocent from the start,” his lawyer said Thursday after a judge dismissed the charges in the case.

Baimadaji Angwang, 36, walked out of court innocent after federal prosecutors said new evidence emerged in their investigation. The details of this new evidence were not disclosed in court as it concerned classified information.

“Mr. Angwan asked me to emphasize today that he was not and never was an agent of the People’s Republic of China. He also did not enter into any agreements with the government of our country to force them to dismiss the indictment,” his lawyer John Karman told reporters in front of the building federal court in Brooklyn.

Baimadaji Angwang (left) with his attorney John Carman outside Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday after the charges against him were formally dropped.

“He came to this country as an immigrant from Tibet. And he became an American citizen through the process of naturalization. I would say, as an American, he is great. He served his country honorably in the Marine Corps in Afghanistan. He is a dedicated NYPD officer,” Karman said.

Angwang was suspended from the NYPD with pay. He is still a cop.

Outside the courtroom, Angwang thanked his supporters.

“Thank you to all the people who trusted me, who believed in me from the very beginning, my family, my friends, my brothers in the Marine Corps, my colleagues in the NYPD, thank you, especially my lawyer,” he said.

Angwang, who was arrested in September 2020, spent about six months in the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, most of that time in solitary confinement. Karman finally secured his release after filing four bail applications.

He contracted COVID during an outbreak at the MDC shortly before his February 2021 release on $2 million bail.

“I will say that we all certainly remember well the pomp with which this case was originally brought,” said Brooklyn federal judge Eric Komite, who ordered the charges dropped. “Everyone sitting in the well of this courtroom, including the court itself, is indebted to Mr. Karman.”

Prosecutors accused Angwang of secretly reporting Tibetans to the Chinese consulate in Manhattan while working as a public affairs officer for the 111th Precinct in Bayside, Queens.

Tibet has been occupied by China since 1951 and has been mired in a years-long struggle for independence.

Angwan faced up to 55 years in prison on charges that included acting as an illegal agent for China, wire fraud and making false statements. Initially, the case was supposed to go to court last fall, but at the request of the prosecutor’s office, it was postponed.

“It is obviously unfortunate that Mr. Angwan has served as much time as he did in jail before trial, or rather in pre-trial detention,” the Committee said. But, as they say, better late than never.

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