Weiheng Zeng, an Ontario student accused in the United States of making false statements, pleaded not guilty in a Michigan court, according to documents.
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Weiheng Zeng, an Ontario student accused in the United States of making false statements, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment, according to documents from a Michigan court.
The documents say Zeng is a Chinese citizen studying at the University of Waterloo and was arrested after allegedly taking photos of Toronto’s Pearson airport and Chicago’s O’Hare airport at the request of a contact he met on an online forum.
A court filing said FBI attention on Zeng began after an April incident at O’Hare involving a man taking photos, climbing a forklift and trying to open locked trailers at a FedEx facility.
The documents state that Zeng drove into the United States about 10 days before the April incident, and that he was later linked to a minivan seen at the site.
The filing also says Zeng was pulled aside for several interviews when he tried to drive into the country again in August with the same vehicle and allegedly gave conflicting statements.
The documents note that the allegations have not yet been tested in court.
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