{
  "id": 5188198,
  "title": "Ontario student accused in U.S. of taking airport photos for Chinese official",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ontario-student-accused-in-u-s-of-taking-airport-photos-for-chinese-5188198",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T22:14:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news-globalnews",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12045650/ontario-student-us-accusations-airport-photos-china-official/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}