Shanghai airport inspection police said on Sunday it had
uncovered a plan by three Chinese men and one Singaporean to
illegally enter the United States under the pretext of a business
trip.
The travel plans were organized by a Singaporean man who claimed
he was the chief executive officer of a company. He said he
"planned to organize three of his most competent employees to learn
advanced science and technology in a developed country".
The four planned to depart from Shanghai International Airport
in Pudong on Saturday and travel stateside before a border
inspection police found their visas were forged. The three Chinese,
all from Fujian Province, told police that each had paid 150,000
yuan (about US$20,000) to the Singaporean in belief that he would
help them to eventually settle in America.
The border police fined the three men an unknown sum and
deported the Singaporean.
(Xinhua News Agency November 19, 2007)