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FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — A Hispanic Fort Bend County employee was stunned to learn that a man billed as an expert on Chinese government spies has incorrectly identified him as a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official on a local podcast.
The employee, who works in the office of Fort Bend County Judge KP George, was identified by Solomon Yue on the "Chris Heasley Show" as a Chinese government operative who was spying on the United States. The podcast was posted earlier this week. Yue claimed the Fort Bend County employee's name was "Wang Jain" and that he reported directly to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The false accusations are the latest in a series of attacks on JJ Clemence, who is facing Tamara McFarlane in the March Republican primary for Fort Bend County Clerk.
The man is Hispanic, not Chinese, and is said to be a longtime Fort Bend County resident. He has declined to comment publicly. Covering Katy News is withholding his name to protect him from potential retaliation by those who saw the Heasley interview and are unaware of the truth.
At the time of publication, Heasley had not issued a retraction.
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