Former US Marine Arrested in Australia for Training Chinese Military Pilots

Former US Marine Arrested in Australia for Training Chinese Military Pilots
Dennis Miralis, lawyer for former U.S. military pilot Daniel Duggan, who was arrested in Australia, speaks to media outside a court in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 4, 2022. Kirsty Needham/Reuters
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A former U.S. Marine Corps pilot was arrested in Australia after having been “lured” there by Australia’s security agency, his lawyer said on Monday, after an extradition hearing in court in Sydney.

Daniel Duggan, 54, is facing extradition to the United States for allegedly training Chinese military pilots on how to land aircraft on aircraft carrier ships. The training was conducted in a South African aviation school, and it breaks U.S. law.

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