Designation of Fijian Resident for Involvement in Significant Corruption on Behalf of China-Based Actors
PRESS STATEMENT
THOMAS “TOMMY” PIGOTT, SPOKESMAN
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMANOCTOBER 7, 2026
Today, the Department of State is publicly designating Zhao Fugang, the Director of the Overseas Chinese Service Center located in Fiji, for his involvement in significant corruption on behalf of China-based actors. This action renders Zhao and his immediate family members generally ineligible for entry into the United States.
Zhao abused his public position by paying bribes to Fijian citizens to advance China-based government, business, and criminal interests. His actions constituted significant corruption and adversely affected U.S. interests in Fiji.
The United States will hold accountable those who abuse power for personal gain, and continue to fight corruption that fuels drug trafficking, enables transnational criminal organizations, and threatens U.S. interests around the world.
These public designations are made under the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (Div. F, P.L. 119-75)(“Section 7031(c)”). Section 7031(c) requires the Secretary of State to publicly or privately designate foreign officials and their immediate family members about whom the Secretary has credible information of involvement in significant corruption or a gross violation of human rights.
Category: Section 7031(c) Designations
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Designation of Nicaraguan Prison Official for Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights
PRESS STATEMENT
MARCO RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE
FEBRUARY 18, 2026
Today, the Department is taking action to promote accountability for the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship’s abuse of political prisoners by designating La Modelo prison Maximum-Security Director Roberto Clemente Guevara Gómez under Section 7031(c) for his involvement in a gross violation of human rights of a political prisoner. The United States calls for the immediate, unconditional release of all unjustly detained political prisoners in Nicaragua.
This public designation is made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (Div. F, P.L. 118-47), as carried forward by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (Div. A, P.L. 119-37).