Letter from Ambassador Yang Jiechi to Congressman Barney Frank

Yang Jiechi


The Honorable Barney Frank
The United Staet House of Representatives
RHOB2252
Washington, DC 20510

May 24, 2002

Dear Congreeman Frank,

Your letter dated May 8, 2002 has been recevied. Here I wish to share with you the information our inquiry has produced concerning the matter raised in your letter.

On April 19, 2002, a man who claimed to be Yang Jianli, entered China illegally with someone else's passport. He was detained on April 26 while using a falified identification card, attempting to board a domestic flight from Kunming to Xishuangbanna. Yunnan Province. He has violated China's law and become a subject of an investigation by the law enforement authority which is looking into his true identity and illegal activities.

I hope this information is usefule to you

With best regards,

Sincerely,

Yang Jiechi
Ambassador

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Source: "ChinaEWeekly".