Chin You Gon

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Asian
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Chin You Gon was a Chinese-American convicted in New York in 1954 under the Trading With the Enemy Act for remitting money to relatives in the People's Republic of China. The Chinese-American left press treated the prosecutions as ethnic and political persecution.

Case

Charges: Trading With the Enemy Act.
Sentenced: Jun 17, 1954
Sentence: One year.
Convicted: Yes

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