The sister of a high-ranking Chinese diplomat was busted for alleged shoplifting from the Herald Square Macy’s — and her well-connected family caused a huge scene trying to get her out of police custody, The Post has learned.
Guo Wang, 37 — whose brother Bangfu Wang is a section chief in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs — walked into the Macy’s flagship store Thursday before noon, picked up several shirts and two dresses and took them to the fitting room, sources said.
After a few minutes of fidgeting inside, she walked out with just two of the shirts and one dress, sources said.
She walked around the store bypassing several cash registers, moved through a few floors and tried to leave without paying for the items, court records show.
Store clerk Kristen Jackson, who watched the diplomat’s sister walk around the store, called Macy’s security and confronted the woman.
A store guard found two shirts and a dress, worth about $148, in Wang’s blue shoulder bag, according to court records.
Cops arrested Wang and took her to the Midtown South Precinct. She was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny, both misdemeanors.
Two Chinese consular officials — Wang’s sister-in-law, Minga Wang, and Zerui Yang — showed up at the precinct shortly after and went berserk, sources said.
“They were literally pounding on the desk,” a source told The Post.
Sources said both Minga Wang, who’s married to Bangfu Wang, and Yang live in New York and work for the Chinese consulate.
A consular spokeswoman yesterday denied they work for the consulate and said she could find nobody by those names on an internal employee list.
Guo Wang appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court, where she was released after her case was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal and ordered to undergo one session of counseling and perform one day of community service.
Bangfu Wang has been stationed at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ New York office for years but was traveling in China yesterday, sources said.
His sister was here visiting her family on a tourist visa.
Despite her brother’s high-ranking post, Wang is not protected by diplomatic immunity. Only spouses and children under the age of 21 are included, according to a State Department spokeswoman.
In March 2011, a foreign-government worker from Georgia successfully claimed diplomatic immunity and avoided being prosecuted for the alleged theft of $444 worth of merchandise from a downtown Century 21.
Security personnel allegedly also caught Oleg Sharifoy pulling a price-tag switch — but he was granted immunity because he was on official business with Georgia’s diplomatic delegation.
Additional reporting by Daniel Prendergast