2 Chinese Nationals to Stay in Jail Facing Charge of Smuggling Biological Material

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The two defendants said they would not challenge prosecutorsโ€™ request to keep them in detention while their cases progress.

Two Chinese nationals accused of smuggling restricted biological materials into the United States will remain in custody after waiving their right to a hearing in separate court appearances in Detroit on June 13.

Han Chengxuan, a doctoral candidate from Chinaโ€™s Huazhong University of Science and Technology in central Chinaโ€™s Wuhan city, and Jian Yunqing, a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan, allegedly smuggled the materials for use at the University of Michigan.

On Friday, the two defendants said they would not challenge prosecutorsโ€™ request to keep them in detention while their cases progress.

โ€œThis is a constantly evolving situation involving a large number of factors,โ€ Hanโ€™s attorney, Sara Garber, told a judge. Garber didnโ€™t elaborate and later declined to comment.

Jianโ€™s attorneys declined to comment Friday.

Han was arrested upon landing at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on a flight from China on June 8. She arrived on an exchange visitor visa and planned to spend a year at the University of Michigan for a research project on roundworms.

At the airport, Han allegedly made false statements to customs officials about packages she had sent to individuals at a University of Michigan laboratory. She eventually admitted that the packages contained biological roundworm-related materials.

According to the criminal complaint, the packages did not contain the correct documentation and were not imported under the Department of Agriculture or Customs and Border Protection regulations.

In response to Hanโ€™s case, FBI Director Kash Patel called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in a post on the social media platform X on June 9.

โ€œThis case is part of a broader effort from the FBI and our federal partners to heavily crack down on similar pathogeon [sic] smuggling operations, as the CCP works relentlessly to undermine Americaโ€™s research institutions,โ€ Patel wrote.

Several Republican lawmakers took to X to echo Patelโ€™s concerns in response to Hanโ€™s case.

โ€œNever forget: the CCP is ACTIVELY trying to undermine the U.S. and DESTROY our country,โ€ wrote Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Sen. Jon Ernst (R-Iowa) called Hanโ€™s alleged smuggled items โ€œa potential bioweapon.โ€

By Frank Fang

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