Wuhan Researcher Charged With Smuggling Biological Materials Into US Lab

 

 

 

Another one. If this weren’t nefarious, suspect, criminal, or sinister in nature, why the smuggling? One of the main focuses of the Communist Chinese military and government is the research, development, and DEPLOYMENT of biological weapons they believe are superior to anyone else’s.

To be released in enemy territory this time. Rather than on home soil, oh, was that some sort of accusation about a virus from the Wuhan lab released in Communist China and the world, in a “test run” to see how much damage could be done, not too long ago?

Oh, not sorry…

I would love to see a new TV program in production — all the politicians, government officials, CDC employees, Fauci, every frightened talking head on EVERY American so-called news network, every pastor in America that quaked in fear, closed the church they were entrusted to, and spread the nonsense, the lie that COVID-19 was the result of some bats, or animals in a live animal market in China [I attended such a church with such a pastor, at one time. We no longer attend and have not attended that church for a long time now] — ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO refuted, vehemently discredited anyone who said or wrote that COVID-19 was released on the world from the Wuhan Lab — I want to see a new TV series where all of them are trotted out and must confess to America just what a bunch of kneejerk fearful easily manipulated weenies they all were, and they must now spend no less than 500 hours of extensive, in-depth research into the validity of America’s enemies, starting with Communist China, and then all come back —- for Season Two! and give America an in-depth oral report of what they learned, and how they promise to never be such weenies again.

Now that would be Must See TV!

Communist China is a seething cesspool of pure evil within its military and government. Not in all the people, as there are an estimated 100,000,000 Christians in Communist China — but the Communist Chinese government ministers and military personnel have made it very clear, no heeming hawing, no mixed signals, no playing games — they have made it very clear they intend to dominate the world militarily and governmentally.

More criminal — that’s what they are, folks, more sneaky, nefarious, suspicious Wuhan researchers smuggling illegal biological samples into America.

Why? Because Communist China loves U.S., and through this, is going to remedy the common cold for U.S.? Cure cancer for Americans?

Hardly.

Wake up. Wise up. Equip and prepare up. It’s only going to intensify and get worse from here on out.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

 

 

Wuhan Researcher Charged With Smuggling Biological Materials Into U.S. Lab

 

The Communist Chinese national says she sent an estimated five to 10 packages, but some were lost in transit.

 

6/9/2025

By Eva Fu

Reprinted from The Epoch Times

 

U.S. prosecutors have charged another Chinese national for smuggling biological materials into the United States and lying about the scheme.

Han Chengxuan, a PhD candidate from Wuhan in central China, was arrested upon landing at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on June 8. An FBI agent said authorities had intercepted four packages of biological materials that Han allegedly sent to members of a University of Michigan laboratory.
She was the third Chinese national charged in a week for smuggling materials for biological research. The previous two, accused of smuggling a crop-killing fungus, include a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan’s Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. The criminal complaint said Han was a Chinese Communist Party member who has shown loyalty to the Party.

The complaint said Han admitted to shipping an estimated five to 10 packages, but several were lost in transit. She said that her professors at both the Chinese and U.S. universities, as well as the recipients, had no knowledge of what she sent, characterizing them as a “surprises,” according to the FBI agent.

The packages contain neither the correct documentation nor the permit required for importing roundworm-related materials, the complaint noted.

The shipments allegedly went to two recipients: one active member of the lab and another among the faculty and staff at the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan.

Han initially lied to the customs agents at the airport about the content of the packages, claiming they were plastic cups and a book, according to a court filing. Pressed, she admitted that the packages contained petri dishes of nematode growth medium for growing roundworms, as well as small circular DNA molecules called plasmids in an envelope, the FBI agent said.

Han, who is studying at the College of Life Science and Technology in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, arrived on an exchange visitor visa; she has an offer letter presenting her as a visiting scholar to the Michigan lab, according to prosecutors. Han told the FBI that she was coming to the University of Michigan for one year for her research on roundworms.

She stated that she had produced the desired plasmids using E. coli, isolated and injected them into roundworms as a primary method for her research, according to the filing. The FBI agent noted that plasmids are often used as a vehicle for introducing genetic modifications in organisms like roundworms.

Han’s immigration paperwork said she researches how animals detect sensory cues such as touch, chemicals, and light, and how neural circuits process such information for behavioral outcome, and how genes and drugs affect such processes, the complaint said. She has co-authored two research papers on roundworms, known scientifically as C.elegans.

A U.S. consular officer initially rejected Han’s J1 visa application on March 18 due to her struggle to conduct the interview in English, which was essential for her obtaining the visa. She secured the visa successfully nine days later, with an officer noting that she “spoke credibly about her educational background, current studies, and post graduate plans,” the complaint stated.

Han tried to conceal the content of the shipment with written notes and a book, including one reading: “Hello! This is a fun letter with interesting patterns. I hope you can enjoy the pleasure within it,” according to the court document.

Labels on the same note contain terms consistent with roundworm research, the filing said. Han allegedly told the customs agent she created a “picture game” in the book and that the recipient of her note would sequence the plasmids—a process each taking about a week—to identify what they were “for fun,” the filing said.

Han allegedly deleted the content of her electronic device before coming to the United States. She stated she wanted to “start afresh” when questioned by federal agents.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Jerome Gorgon, said the alleged smuggling from a Wuhan university marks “part of an alarming pattern that threatens our security.”

“The American taxpayer should not be underwriting a PRC-based smuggling operation at one of our crucial public institutions,” he said in a statement.

John Nowak, Customs and Border Protection’s acting director of field operations, said the alleged actions compromise the integrity of U.S. research institutions.

“The guidelines for importing biological materials into the U.S. for research purposes are stringent, but clear, and actions like this undermine the legitimate work of other visiting scholars,” he said, adding that his agency will not tolerate the smuggling of “potentially dangerous goods” through U.S. ports of entry.

Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at eva.fu@epochtimes.com