2 Chinese citizens loaded with smuggling “dangerous” pathogen “in us: doj

Two Chinese citizens have been accused of smuggling in the United States a fungus called “Fusarium Graminearum, which is classified as a potential weapon of agroterorism,” the Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday.

Junking Jian, 33 -year -old, and Zunyan Liu, 34 -year -old, citizens of the People’s Republic of China, claims to receive funding from the Chinese government for their research, some of which are at the University of Michigan, employees said.

“The Complaint Also Alleges That Jian’s Electronics Contain Information Describing Her Membership in and Loyalty to The ChineSe Communist Party. It is Further Alleged That Jian’s Boyfriend Where He Conducts Research on the Same Pathogen and That He First LIST LIED BUT THEN ADMITTED TO SMUGGLING FUSARIUM GRAMINUM INTO ARI – THRough the Detroit Metropolitan Airport – At the Laboratory at the University of Michigan, where his girlfriend Jian worked, “according to a DOJ press message.

Prosecutor General Pam Bondi said in a statement that the Ministry of Justice “” has no higher mission than preserving the American people and to defend our nation from hostile foreign participants who would harm us. “

“Thanks to the hard work of our excellent DOJ lawyers, this defendant – who is trying to try to bring a destructive substance to the United States – will face years behind bars,” the prosecutor General said.

The FBI says it causes “head disease”, wheat disease, barley, corn and rice and is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses around the world every year.

“The Alleged Action of These Chinese Nationals – Including a Loyal Member of the Chinese Communist Party – Are of the Gravest National Security Concerns. These two aliens have been chargl with smug smug A ‘Potential AgroRorrorism Weapon’ Into in the Heartland of America, Where They Apparently Intended to Use a University of Michigan Laboratory to Further Their Scheme.

„Днешните криминални обвинения, повдигнати на Юнкинг Джиан и Зунян Лиу, са показателни за критичната роля на CBP за защита на американския народ от биологични заплахи, които биха могли да опустошат нашата селскостопанска икономика и да причинят вреда на хората; особено когато това включва изследовател от основен университет, който се опитва да се опита да приведе потенциално вредни биологични материали в изследовател от основен университет, който се He tries to try to bring potentially harmful biological materials into a researcher at a major university who is trying to try to lead to potentially harm to biological materials at a major university that tries to try to lead to harmful biological materials.

Jian will appear on Tuesday afternoon at the Detroit Federal Court for his initial appeal, DOJ said.

The declaration claims that Jian and Liu have met and also examines the biological pathogen – and when questioned about the pathogen smuggling in the United States, deceived at the Airport authorities in Detroit.

“On July 27, 2024 Liu Enter the United States and Told Authorities He Was Visiting His Girlfriend and then Returning to China to Start Its Oware in China. He Allegedly Said Upon A Secondary Screening of His Luggage, Authorities Found Tissues Concealed A Note in Chinese, A Round Piece of Filter Paper with Circles Drawn On It, and Four Clear Clear Reddish Plant Material inside, ”the declaration said.

He told the authorities that he did not know how the materials ended up in his bag and suggested that someone put them there without his knowledge, staff said, but after a more questioning, he admitted that he was putting them in the bag.

He was not arrested at the time, court records said.

“Liu said he deliberately hid the samples in his backpack because he knew there were restrictions on the import of materials,” according to the complaint. “Liu confirmed that he intentionally put the samples in a wad of the fabric, so CBP employees will be less likely to find and confiscate them. He can continue his research in the United States.”