Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Chinese national has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after admitting to trying to damage an opposition religious movement present in the United States under the direction of the Asian nation.

John Chen, 71, a Chinese national and a Los Angeles resident, was sentenced Tuesday, the Justice Department said in a statement. Along with being sentenced to 20-month prison term, Cjen was also handed three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $50,000.

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