Read the indictments: Harvard University chairman Charles Lieber, two Chinese nationals charged with hiding ties to China. Zheng was charged with attempting to smuggle 21 vials of biological research to China.

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Ye is an active service Lieutenant of the PLA (People's Liberation Army) and CCP member (communist party) and was being directed by senior members of the PLA advanced weapons research organization while conducting research at Boston University funded by Chinese Scholarship Council... directed to research US military projects...

Zheng... "On Monday,December 9, 2019, CBP Agriculture Specialists assigned to Boston Logan International Airport identified ZHENG, a researcher who was scheduled to depart Boston bound for Beijing, China on Hainan Airlines (HU) flight 482,as a high risk for possibly exporting undeclared biological material.7.As a result, CBP officers went to the Hainan bag room where they were able to locate two checked bag sin ZHENG's name.The checked bags were physically examined. The examination resulted in the discovery of twenty one (21) vials wrapped in a plastic bag and concealed in a sock. The vials were visually inspected and appeared to contain a brown liquid with both typed and handwritten descriptions and notes.Based upon my experience and training and discussions with agents working on this matter, these vials contained what appeared to be biological materials that were not properly declared or packaged for transportation in a commercial aircraft... Shortly thereafter, ZHENG was brought to an interview room where he confessed that he had stolen eight (8) vials from the research lab at Beth Israel Hospital and that no one elsewas aware of this. ZHENG also stated that he personally replicated 11vials based on Zhang Tao's research. 12. ZHENG stated that he replicated this research over a two to three month periodwhile working at the Beth Israel laboratory and that Beth Israel was unaware of this. ZHENG stated that his plan was to take the vials to his lab at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital for furtheranalysis.13.ZHENG stated that upon his return to China, he was planning to immediately goto his lab in China and begin working on his research using the stolen vials. ZHENG explained that if the results of his research were successful in any way that he planned to publish a paper in his name. 14. In ZHENG's baggage, the CBP Officers also found with a laptop belonging to another Chinese national, ZHENG explained that he was leaving the US with thislaptop because"could not fit it in his luggage."A basic search of the device resulted in the discovery of what appeared to be research material.15.The unknown biological samples have been seized for failure to declare and are currently being examined to determine their contents."

Ye is an active service Lieutenant of the PLA (People's Liberation Army) and CCP member (communist party) and was being directed by senior members of the PLA advanced weapons research organization while conducting research at Boston University funded by Chinese Scholarship Council... directed to research US military projects... Zheng... "On Monday,December 9, 2019, CBP Agriculture Specialists assigned to Boston Logan International Airport identified ZHENG, a researcher who was scheduled to depart Boston bound for Beijing, China on Hainan Airlines (HU) flight 482,as a high risk for possibly exporting undeclared biological material.7.As a result, CBP officers went to the Hainan bag room where they were able to locate two checked bag sin ZHENG's name.The checked bags were physically examined. The examination resulted in the discovery of twenty one (21) vials wrapped in a plastic bag and concealed in a sock. The vials were visually inspected and appeared to contain a brown liquid with both typed and handwritten descriptions and notes.Based upon my experience and training and discussions with agents working on this matter, these vials contained what appeared to be biological materials that were not properly declared or packaged for transportation in a commercial aircraft... Shortly thereafter, ZHENG was brought to an interview room where he confessed that he had stolen eight (8) vials from the research lab at Beth Israel Hospital and that no one elsewas aware of this. ZHENG also stated that he personally replicated 11vials based on Zhang Tao's research. 12. ZHENG stated that he replicated this research over a two to three month periodwhile working at the Beth Israel laboratory and that Beth Israel was unaware of this. ZHENG stated that his plan was to take the vials to his lab at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital for furtheranalysis.13.ZHENG stated that upon his return to China, he was planning to immediately goto his lab in China and begin working on his research using the stolen vials. ZHENG explained that if the results of his research were successful in any way that he planned to publish a paper in his name. 14. In ZHENG's baggage, the CBP Officers also found with a laptop belonging to another Chinese national, ZHENG explained that he was leaving the US with thislaptop because"could not fit it in his luggage."A basic search of the device resulted in the discovery of what appeared to be research material.15.The unknown biological samples have been seized for failure to declare and are currently being examined to determine their contents."

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