Former US Marine held in Australia received more than $100,000 to train Chinese pilots, indictment alleges

The US government has accused the former marine pilot Daniel Duggan of receiving more than $100,000 to teach Chinese aviators how to land on aircraft carriers. An unsealed indictment, filed in the US District of Colombia, alleges the naturalised Australian received 12 payments of either $9,900 or $9,500, with receipts often citing "personal development training". It says the payments were made by an unnamed China-based business that, according to the US government, "acquired military equipment and technical data for the PRC government and military". New details in the indictment allege Duggan, 54, negotiated the terms of his service and wrote…