A Chinese researcher accused of smuggling biological materials into a U.S. university lab has pleaded no contest to four federal charges.
Han Chengxuan, a doctoral candidate from the Chinese city of Wuhan who sent into the United States multiple packages containing concealed biological materials, pleaded no contest to three smuggling charges and to lying to U.S. customs officials, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan announced.
Han is studying at the College of Life Science and Technology in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan and has co-authored two articles relating to the use of roundworms, known scientifically as C. elegans. She told federal agents that she arrived at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on a J-1 visa in June, intending to start a one-year research project at a University of Michigan lab….
Wuhan Researcher Accused of Smuggling Biological Material Pleads No Contest
