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Chinese UM student accused of smuggling biological pathogen into U.S. to remain in detention for now
Yunqing Jian, 33, allegedly tried to bring Fusarium graminearum into the U.S., a fungus that federal prosecutors allege could ...
Detention hearing adjourned for Chinese citizen accused in fungus smuggling case
Yunqing Jian's detention hearing was moved to June 13 in U.S. District Court in Detroit so she can retain a private attorney.
Chinese ‘terrorists’ accused of smuggling toxic fungus into US
Two Chinese scientists have been arrested for smuggling a toxic fungus that can be used as an “agroterrorism weapon” into the ...
Chinese couple charged with smuggling crop-destroying fungus into the U.S.
A Chinese couple are accused of trying to smuggle a crop-destroying fungus into the U.S. The toxic pathogen has been ...
A Chinese couple was arrested at an airport for smuggling a fungus, considered a biological pathogen, hidden in a wad of tissues
Zunyong Liu was coming to the U.S. to visit his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, a researcher at the University of Michigan, where ...