by Frank Bergman, Slay News:
Three additional Chinese researchers at the University of Michigan have been charged as part of a widening federal investigation into the smuggling of undeclared biohazardous material from China into the United States.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has just announced the arrest of the three scientists who were caught entering the country with undeclared biological material.
Federal prosecutors announced that Bai Xu, Zhang Fengfan, and Zhang Zhiyong were charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan.
Bai and Zhang Fengfan face conspiracy charges for allegedly smuggling biological materials, while Zhang Zhiyong is accused of making false statements to federal agents.
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The three researchers were arrested at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on October 16.
They were apprehended as they attempted to board a flight to flee to Communist China.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained them before departure.
Linked to Earlier Case
The charges are tied to the earlier arrest of Han Chengxuan, a scholar from China’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Han arrived in the United States in June under a J-1 visa and was detained immediately after customs officials discovered she had previously shipped petri dishes containing C. elegans under false declarations.
C. elegans is a regulated biological organism.
Han later pleaded no contest to three smuggling counts and lying to U.S. officials.
She was sentenced to time served and removed from the country on September 11.
Shipments Flagged
According to the criminal complaint, customs authorities intercepted multiple packages associated with Han and the three charged researchers.
