147 Chinese Tourists Drug Searched At Saipan Airport
(Marianas Variety)
Governor Benigno R. Fitial says federal authorities are deliberately embarrassing his administration when they drug searched 147 Chinese tourists on arrival at the Saipan International Airport on Oct. 4, reports the Mariana Variety.
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“I am very disappointed. This is like you coming into my bedroom without prior invitation,” the governor said during a press conference yesterday. “We have K-9s [to do the drug search]. Those dogs don’t touch private parts…. I suspect there’s conspiracy and we’re looking into it,”
Several newspapers in China carried the story about the 147 Chinese tourists, which included Shanghai officials, who were subjected to a body search on Saipan by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents.
The governor said his legal team will analyze the situation and will make the necessary action, including filing a protest, if necessary. Some fear that China may ban all Saipan-bound flights over the incident.
