(Beijing Comprehensive News) In response to the arrest and prosecution of Chinese citizens and enterprises in the United States, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the United States said that the United States had "trapped" Chinese citizens through "fishing law enforcement" and described this move as "typical arbitrary detention".Agence France -Presse reported that the US Department of Justice last Friday (June 23) made criminal charges of four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies and eight Chinese citizens on the grounds of illegal trafficking for chemical manufacturing fentanyl.This is the first time that the US government has accused Chinese entities selling Fenti Quan Chemicals in the United States.Four Chinese companies accused include the trade in Biotechnology, Hubei Amarvel, Anhui Rencheng Technology, Anhui Moker New Materials Technology, and Hefei GlaxoSmith.The charged eight people were executives and employees of these four companies. After two of them were expelled in Fiji on June 8, they were detained at the Honolulu Mountain in Hawaii.A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that US law enforcement officers used "fishing law enforcement" to seduce Chinese citizens in third countries and once again sued Chinese entities and individuals.Seriously harm the interests of Chinese enterprises.According to a press release issued by the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Saturday (24th), a spokesman said that China has strongly condemned it and has proposed to the United States with serious negotiation and strong protests.For a long time, Fantney, which flowed into the US market, mainly came from Mexico.Washington has recently paid more and more attention to Chinese suppliers who provide fenni raw materials to Mexico.US Secretary of State Brillings visited China a week ago that the United States needed to strengthen cooperation with China to prevent illegal synthetic drugs from flowing into the United States.A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that the United States "trampled on international law" and the implementation of "long -arm jurisdiction", seriously destroying the foundation of Sino -US anti -drug cooperation, and calling on the United States to release the Chinese citizens immediately.Fentany is a powerful anesthesia analgesic, which is similar to morphine, but is illegally sold as fatal drugs.In 2019, China included the quality of all fentanyl's related drugs in the list of controlling items to supervise its production and sales.The latest report released by the US official in May this year shows that from 2016 to 2021, the number of deaths related to synthetic opium drugs in the United States and fentanyl has increased by more than three times.
