Chinese Police Probe Gun in FedEx Package -- 2nd Update
August 18 2019 - 9:02AM
Dow Jones News
By Chun Han Wong
BEIJING -- Chinese police are investigating the presence of a
gun in a package shipped by FedEx Corp. to China from the U.S., the
latest scrutiny directed at the American shipping company by
Chinese authorities.
The package was sent by a U.S. client to a sports-gear company
in China's southern Fujian province, police in the provincial
capital of Fuzhou said Sunday.
Fuzhou police launched the probe after receiving a report and
confiscated the gun, according to a microblog post by police in
Fuzhou's Jin'an district. The post didn't name the client who sent
the package or the recipient company.
Chinese law prohibits the delivery of firearms, and bringing
firearms into the country requires a number of permits, including
from public-security and customs authorities.
FedEx didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chinese authorities are already investigating FedEx over the
mishandling of packages destined for Chinese telecom-gear maker
Huawei Technologies Co. The U.S. delivery company has apologized
over the mishandling, which occurred in May, and said it is
cooperating with authorities in that probe.
State media accused FedEx of knowingly violating Chinese laws,
noting that the alleged gun was shipped during the continuing
government probe into the mishandled deliveries.
In its Sunday evening newscast, China Central Television said
FedEx must be severely punished for actions that have gravely
harmed China's public security and definitely aren't occasional
operational errors. It called on the U.S. company to cooperate with
the investigation and account for its behavior.
Write to Chun Han Wong at chunhan.wong@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 18, 2019 08:47 ET (12:47 GMT)
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