The US authorities arrested another Chinese scientist for alleged smuggling illegal biological material. According to charging documents, she was arrested on Sunday on Sunday after landing at the Metropolitan Airport in Detroit on flight from Shanghai.
Scientist, Chengxuan Han, was charged with smuggling goods to the US and false statements. She was accused of transporting biological material a month ago to employees in the laboratory at the University of Michigan. The FBI described it in court filing as a material related to certain worms and requires a government permit.
Han is a Chinese scientist to be charged with smuggling illegal biological materials to Michigan. She graduates an advanced title at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan and plans to spend a year implementing a project at the University of Michigan.
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks
“Yesterday Detroit arrested the other Chinese national member of the accusation of smuggling biological materials to the US and lying to federal agents. Previously she sent – and erased her electronic device a few days ago.
Last week, the government accused two Chinese conspiracy scientists to smuggle a toxic sponge into the United States. One was denied entry at Detroit Airport and sent back to China last year, while the other, a research worker in Michigan, was arrested and remained in custody.
“Instructions for importing biological materials to the US for research purposes are strict, but clear and such actions are undermined by the legitimate work of other guest scientists,” said John Nowak, who runs field operations to American customs and border protection.
According to the FBI, the authorities captured and opened their shipments, including an envelope hidden inside the book, both last year and early this year. Judicial documents do not determine whether the FBI considers biological material dangerous. American prosecutor Jerome Gorgon Jr. However, he said that the smuggling attempt “threatens our safety”.
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