Accused Chinese agent Linda Sun boasted Gov. Hochul ‘much more obedient’ than Andrew Cuomo

The former top state official who allegedly served as a Chinese agent once bragged that Kathy Hochul was “much more obedient” than then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Linda Sun had convinced Hochul — who served as Cuomo’s lieutenant governor at the time — to film a Lunar New Year video touting China’s New York consulate when she made the shocking comment, according to evidence presented at the ex-Albany aide’s corruption trial.

“She is much more obedient than the governor,” the accused Beijing mole wrote to China consulate official Lihua Li in a Jan. 25, 2021 message shown to jurors in Brooklyn federal court.

“The deputy governor listens to me more than the governor does,” Sun wrote in another text minutes later — punctuated with a sheepish grin emoji — sent to Huang Ping, who headed the consulate office at the time.

The messages, publicly released Thursday after they were presented to the jury earlier this week, show Sun taking credit for convincing Hochul to film the video for the Chinese consulate in which she wished viewers “xin nian kuai le,” or Happy New Year.

The Chinese officials had asked for Cuomo to film the video, but Sun told them that she could likely get Hochul to participate instead, the messages show.

“Let me ask, but likely the LG can probably do it,” Sun replied to Li, referring to Hochul, in one of the messages shown in court.

“That would be great as well. Thanks,” Li responded.

In the two-minute video, Hochul shouts out Ping by name.

Prosecutors have accused Ping of having his private chef supply Sun’s family with luxurious salted ducks during the same time where the state official — who served under both Cuomo and now-Gov. Hochul — is accused of acting as an illegal unregistered foreign agent for China.

Sun is also accused of doing a slew of favors for Chinese officials in exchange for millions of dollars in business funneled to her husband Chris Hu’s seafood export company, and goodies like the duck and free concert tickets.

The spoils of the alleged corruption scheme allowed Sun and Hu to ride around in a Ferrari Roma and afford a $4 million Long Island mansion and a $2 million second home in Hawaii, prosecutors allege.

Sun, who was fired from the state government in 2023 after allegations of misconduct emerged, has pleaded not guilty.