The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) detained a Chinese scientist on charges of “smuggling of biological material” in the United States.
FBI Director Kash Patel made a statement on the Social Network with a statement on the detention of a citizen of China in the USA.
Patel said that Chinese citizen Chensyuan Han was detained on charges of “smuggling of biological materials in the United States and federal agents.”
According to him, Han, who arrived at Detroit Airport, made false statements to federal officials about the parcels that he had previously sent to the United States. The head of the FBI noted that Han is already a third person associated with the People’s Republic of China, to whom such charges have been brought in the last days.
“Han sent four parcels from China to the United States supposedly with biological materials of round worms,” he said.
CNN reports that the Chinese scientist is working at the Huhajun University of Science and Technology in Jun and planned to take part in a annual project at the University of Michigan.
US prosecutor Jerome Gorgon Jr. in his statement about this emphasized that smuggling “threatens (national) security”.
“The rules for the import of biological material to the United States for research purposes are strict, but clear, and such actions undermine the legal work of other scientists who come to the United States,” said John Novak, who leads the field operations of the US Customs and Border Service.