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Woman Arrested For Trespassing At Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Is Another Chinese National

WLRN Public Media | By SARAH BLASKEY,

NICHOLAS NEHAMAS, BEN CONARCK

Published December 19, 2019 at 6:35 AM EST

The Mar-a-Lago Club, owned by President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida.

A Chinese woman was arrested Wednesday for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private South Florida club and newly declared legal residence, the second such instance this year.

Jing Lu, 56, was spotted on club grounds and asked to leave by staff, said Michael Ogrodnick, a spokesman for the Palm Beach Police Department.

“She returned and began to take photos, at which time the Palm Beach Police Department responded and took her into custody,” Ogrodnick said in a statement.

Read more at our news partner the Miami Herald.