Thursday, January 07, 2010


Charges filed vs 24 Chinese who attempted to enter Guam by boat


By Ferdie de la Torre

The U.S. government filed separate charges yesterday against 24 Chinese nationals who were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Tuesday for allegedly trying to enter Guam illegally using a boat.

Jian Li, 32, male, and Qingmei Cheng, 28, female, were indicted on 22 counts of attempting to bring aliens to the U.S.

The U.S. Attorney's Office filed separate information charging the 22 other defendants with one count each of attempted improper entry by an alien.

The defendants are Junhua Chen, Xiaoyan Chen, Jian Dong, Wenjun Huo, Shi Guang Li, Ping Liu, Weili Liu, Yong Jun Li, Jian Bo Yang, Zhighuo Lu, Dong Wang, and Dongxiang Wang. The 10 others are Qingxu Wang, Shiying Wei, Jingkai Yu, Yi Wu, Yibin Zheng, Junyan Zhang, Lei Xu, Zhaohai Zheng, Weikun Zhong, and Bo Zhou.

During late Tuesday afternoon's hearing, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex R. Munson set no bail “at this timeâ€