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To: TH who wrote (21889)	1/23/2005 12:51:42 AM
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FBI: Chinese Suspect Not Tied to TerrorChinese Suspect Sought for Questioning in Alleged Boston Plot Has No Terror Connection, FBI Says The Associated Press WASHINGTON Jan 22, 2005 — One of the 16 people sought for questioning in an alleged terror plot in Boston has been in federal custody for more than two months and has no terrorist connections, the FBI said Saturday. In an announcement posted on the FBI Internet site, officials said that Mei Xia Dong, a 21-year-old Chinese woman, has been at a Homeland Security Department immigration detention facility in San Diego since Nov. 11. The match was made soon after her name surfaced last week as part of an anonymous tip about the possible terror plot. The original information indicated that Dong was a man. Investigators say Dong paid a human smuggler to enter the United States through Mexico and that she wanted to come to this country only for economic reasons. Authorities are continuing to search for 12 other Chinese, two unnamed Iraqis and one Hispanic man who may have been part of the same group of immigrants. But no evidence of terror motives has surfaced, as the tipster claimed. "We're going to investigate it to its logical conclusion, but to date there's no corroboration of the original claim," FBI spokesman Joe Parris said. One leading theory in the case is that the smuggler tipped authorities to a false terror plot to exact revenge on the group, perhaps because members failed to pay. Officials have stressed since news of the tip first broke on Wednesday that they doubted the credibility of the terror claims. The tip included names and photographs of four Chinese people, and the names, some passport numbers and possible birthdates for nine other Chinese Dong was part of this group and the Hispanic man. Government officials have provided no information about the two Iraqis. The FBI announcement mentions only the 14 people whose names have been released. In addition, the tipster claimed that members of the group had talked about material supposedly called a "nuclear oxide" that would follow them from Mexico to Boston. The implication was that the group was plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" that spews hazardous material and can sicken or kill people. No evidence has been found for such a plot. Still, there were signs of stepped-up security this week in Boston, including more vehicle searches at underground parking garages and pictures of four Chinese suspects posted in city subways. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney skipped President Bush's inauguration in Washington to return to Boston after learning of the threat and has sought to reassure residents that danger was unlikely. Several federal law enforcement officials have said that similar uncorroborated terrorism tips are received on an almost daily basis. Although they rarely check out as credible, the FBI and other agencies thoroughly investigate each one in the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The other names and some possible ages released by the FBI are: Zengrong Lin; Wen Quin Zheng; Xiujin Chen; Guozi Lin; Yu Xian Weng, 40; Quinquan or Quiquan Lin, 21; Liqiang Liang, 28; Min Xiu Xie, 27; Xiang or Xing Wei Lui, 22; Xiuming Chen; Cheng Yin Liu; Zao Yun Wang; and Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinones. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed abcnews.go.com ======================================== Some Chinese has speculated exactly the same. The so-called tip is the "practical joke" from the Human smugglers because those guys refused to pay them!