Australian court documents and company records show that a former U.S. military pilot was arrested for working in Australia in China and will be extradited to the United States for trial.
According to Reuters on Tuesday (October 25), the court record reports, the Australian Federal Police last Friday (21st), Daniel, 54, was arrested in the rural town of Vol.Edmund Duggan), he heard hearing that day.Police and Du Gan's lawyer also confirmed the news.
Two police sources said that Du Gan's representative lawyer attended the court news through video. Du Gan was not allowed to bail and was sent to the nearby Bathauster Prison.One of the police sources said that Du Ganyuan was a U.S. citizen. The Australian federal police arrested him at the request of the US government and prepared to extradite him to the United States for trial.
Du Gan will be held in Sydney next time in November, and the judge will consider any bail application.Du Gan's arrest and allegations were all sealed.
A spokesman for the Australian Federal Prosecutor's Chief Secretary Department wrote in the written statement to Reuters: "According to the requirements of the US government, one person was arrested on October 21, 2022.Suitable for further comment. "
The same week in Du Gan's arrest, the British government warned nearly 30 former military pilots to stop working in China, so as not to violate the control of the National Security Law.It is reported that China is interested in hiring the former Australian fighter pilots to work in China, and the Australian government has launched an investigation.
A person with aviation sources told Reuters that the US and the Federal Investigation Agency asked him to arrest him because Du Gan had worked in China.
Company records and aviation sources revealed that Du Gan moved to Australia 10 years after his tenure in the U.S. military, opened a flight service company Top Gun Tasmania, and hired former US and former British military pilots to carry passengers with passengers to drive.EssenceDu Gan also drove the former military aircraft at the Australian Airlines exhibition.
After selling Top Gun Tasmania, Du Gan moved to Beijing in 2014.Du Gan's Lingying page shows that he has served as a managing director in Avibiz Limited, a aviation consultant company in Qingdao since 2017.The company's record shows that Avibiz Limited was registered and established by Australian Du Gan in 2017 and dissolved in 2020.
