{"id":56094,"date":"2022-10-26T15:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/26\/former-us-marine-pilot-who-worked-in-china-arrested-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:47:01","slug":"former-us-marine-pilot-who-worked-in-china-arrested-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2022\/10\/26\/former-us-marine-pilot-who-worked-in-china-arrested-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Former US Marine pilot who worked in China arrested in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former U.S. military pilot and flight instructor who ran an aviation consultancy in China<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/06\/02\/us-marines-arrive-in-australia-for-annual-rotation-begin-14-day-quarantine\/\" target=\"_blank\"> is in custody in Australia<\/a> awaiting an extradition request from his homeland<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/06\/17\/heavily-armed-marine-arrested-trying-to-enter-offutt-air-force-base-in-nebraska\/\" target=\"_blank\"> on an undisclosed charge<\/a>, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel Edmund Duggan, who says he is a former U.S. Marine Corps major, was refused bail when he appeared last Friday in Orange Local Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/marine-corps-times\/2020\/06\/20\/second-wave-of-marines-arrive-in-australia-for-training-rotation-enter-quarantine\/\" target=\"_blank\">in the New South Wales state rural town <\/a>of Orange northwest of Sydney, court records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Federal Police arrested him that day \u201cpursuant to a request from the United States,\u201d a police statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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