Former Air China Manager Charged With Smuggling in U.S. for Chinese Military
Prosecutors charged a former Air China Ltd. manager Wednesday with smuggling packages out of the U.S. to China on behalf of Chinese military officials stationed at the country’s New York-based mission to the United Nations, the latest turn in a case linked to an alleged U.N. bribery scheme.
Brooklyn federal prosecutors charged Ying Lin, a former Newark Liberty International Airport station manager for Air China, with five criminal counts Wednesday, including smuggling and obstruction of justice.As previously reported by The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Lin has worked as an associate of a suspected Chinese intelligence agent linked to Macau real estate and casino mogul Ng Lap Seng, who has been charged in a separate case with bribing a now-deceased U.N. diplomat.
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