The Ministry of Public Security strongly protested to the US Department of Justice and FBI representatives in Beijing. A spokesman for the ministry said the U.S.

had concocted so-called "transnational suppression" The US prosecution has no basis in law, is completely fabricated, and is a brazen "thief shouting to catch thief," he said. China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, strictly abided by international law and respected the judicial sovereignty of all countries.