Ex-UN official from Montreal nabbed by FBI for alleged role selling Chinese weapons to Libya

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political interference in the New York governor’s office, a spy inside telecom giant Verizon and secret Chinese Communist Party police stations in New York City.Since the FBI took Wan into custody and seized his phone, laptop and storage devices, his fate before U.S. courts remains unclear.Wan could not be reached for comment.

The FBI didn’t return phone messages.The RCMP would not comment on Wan’s status.“He is not accused by the RCMP, and the information you are seeking is related to the FBI investigation. Therefore, we cannot provide any information,” an RCMP spokesperson said.Wan’s wife, Ning Lu, declined to accept a letter from Global News through an intermediary seeking comment from her on her husband’s situation.

The intermediary, who lives in Montreal, said, “She thinks your article does not help her family. So less stress is better for her.”A spokesperson for the U.S.

Department of Justice’s International Law Enforcement division declined to comment on Wan’s FBI airport encounter or current legal status.In the U.S., persons who breach arms export control laws may get up to 20 years in jail and a $1-million fine. In Canada, the maximum is 10 years in jail and a $100,000 fine.Arriving in Canada in 2009 from Austria as a second-time newlywed, Wan was hired at the International Civil Aviation Organization headquarters in Montreal in its administration bureau.ICAO is the UN agency that co-ordinates global commercial aviation matters, including policies, safety regulations and standards, and training for its 150 member nations.The alleged conspiracy involving Wan, other ICAO workers and Chinese government officials began in December 2018, the FBI complaint states.That’s when an ICAO colleague, Mahmoud Mohamed Sayeh,