A Student Said He Was a Hobby Plane Spotter. He Was Allegedly Taking Photos for the Chinese Government
Court records allege Chinese student Weiheng Zeng photographed facilities near Chicago's airport at a suspected Chinese official's direction.
Zeng, a Chinese national studying in Canada, entered the United States earlier this year and initially claimed he took photos of planes for an aviation fan website. He later admitted a suspected Chinese government official gave him specific U.S. locations to photograph, and repeatedly instructed him to destroy the SIM cards used to communicate and to stick to a Huawei phone.
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