{"id":17983,"date":"2020-06-30T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-reportedly-releases-fedex-pilot-held-for-nine-months\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:09:00","slug":"china-reportedly-releases-fedex-pilot-held-for-nine-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-reportedly-releases-fedex-pilot-held-for-nine-months\/","title":{"rendered":"#China reportedly releases FedEx pilot held for nine months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#China reportedly releases FedEx pilot held for nine months<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        June 30, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 9:09am         <\/p>\n<div>\n                        The Chinese Communist Party released a FedEx pilot who had been held for nine months on charges that he was smuggling ammunition, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Hohn, a retired US Air Force colonel, was detained on Sept. 12 by Communist Chinese officials while waiting for a commercial flight in Guangzhou after flying deliveries for the air carrier in Asia, the Wall Street Journal reported\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they found nonmetallic pellets used in replica air guns in his luggage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter this lengthy legal process, his innocence was demonstrated and ultimately recognized,\u201d Theodore Simon, Hohn\u2019s lawyer, said in a statement. \u201cHe has been completely and officially exonerated. In fact, it was officially determined that no formal criminal charges would even be brought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hohn was released from China on Saturday and reunited with his family in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be noted that Todd, despite the ordeal, states he was treated with courtesy and respect and holds no animosity towards China, the authorities or the people of China and looks forward to returning there one day,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n<p>Hohn\u2019s release comes amid turbulent tensions between Washington and Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic, trade issues and the situation in Hong Kong, where a harsh new national security law was just passed.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on China to free two Canadian citizens charged with espionage to coerce Canada to release a top executive of tech giant Huawei.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-15912497-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pompeo\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/china-mike-pompeo.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Secretary of State Mike Pompeo                                                          <\/p>\n<p>Mandel Ngan\/AP\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"china-kovrig-spavor\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/china-kovrig-spavor.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Michael Kovrig (left) and Michael Spavor (right)                                                            <\/p>\n<p>AP\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CDA China Meng 20200527\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/china-meng-wanzhou.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Meng Wanzhou                                                            <\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Hayward\/AP\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/30\/shell-assets-may-take-up-to-22b-hit-due-to-coronavirus\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/30\/shell-assets-may-take-up-to-22b-hit-due-to-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Royal Dutch Shell expects to slash the value of its&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meng Wanzhou, the company\u2019s chief financial officer, is being held on charges filed in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadians \u2013 Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor \u2013 were detained weeks after Meng was taken into custody at the Vancouver airport in 2018.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/30\/china-reportedly-releases-fedex-pilot-held-for-nine-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; 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