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Ananova : Double agent fights deportation to China =========================== A Chinese double agent who was jailed for smuggling military equipment is trying to avoid deportation back to China, where he says he would be killed. An immigration court in the US is set to hear an appeal by Bin Wu, 37, against his extradition. He has already served a prison sentence for smuggling night-vision parts to China. Mr Wu, in an affidavit prepared by his attorney, said he and his family will be tortured and killed if they are forced to return to his home country. Immigration officials argue that as a convicted felon Mr Wu has no right to asylum. Wu said he had got into trouble in China for promoting democratic reform as a young university professor. He was placed on China's black list, subject to prison, and three of his students were killed in the demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989. He said Chinese officials told him he could save himself if he went to the United States as a spy. Mr Wu came to the United States in 1990, but he said he believed in democracy and didn't want to spy to help his homeland. He eventually agreed to work for the US government, keeping the FBI informed of his contacts with Chinese intelligence officials. The affidavit said he provided documents and identities of Chinese agents working in the United States. At Mr Wu's 1993 trial in Virginia, an FBI agent testified that he was giving the FBI information about Chinese intelligence operations and was paid $21,000 (£14,725) over 18 months. Mr Wu said he told FBI agent Blake Lewis that China wanted him to buy parts for night vision scopes and that Lewis gave him permission to proceed with the purchase from a private company in Texas. But Mr Lewis said he warned Mr Wu against exporting anything illegal. He was arrested in 1992 and convicted of 34 charges including violation of the Arms Export Control Act and money laundering, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was transferred earlier this year to the immigration detention facility at Oakdale, where he is being held without bond. Story filed: 07:07 Thursday 6th December 2001 ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
