Ontario student accused in U.S. of taking airport photos for Chinese official
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An Ontario university student, Weiheng Zeng, has been arrested in the United States after allegedly taking unauthorized photos at two airports at the request of someone he believed to be a Chinese government official. Zeng, a Chinese citizen studying at the University of Waterloo, was initially flagged by authorities in connection with an incident at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in April.
He was later linked to a dark blue minivan with Ontario licence plates during a subsequent trip to the airport on August 23, leading to his arrest. Zeng has been charged with making false statements and is currently under investigation by the FBI's counter-intelligence unit.
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