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


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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...