Former Air China employee Ying Lin exits the building after a pretrial hearing in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. on June 21, 2016. China's Foreign Ministry on Friday criticized the U.S. indictment of an ex-Air China Ltd employee for smuggling packages on behalf of Chinese military personnel stationed at China's U.N. mission in New York. In return, Lin, 46, received among other things tax-exempt purchases of discounted liquor and electronic devices, the indictment said. China's Foreign Ministry in a statement to Reuters said it was paying close attention to the case. "The relevant accusations and insinuations against Chinese diplomatic personnel based in the United States have ulterior motives," the ministry said.

Source: Thanhnien News September 03, 2016 06:56 UTC