Investigative Reporter Reveals Seattle Travel Companion Is Miao Fatai

Date2026.10.09

Location美国加利福尼亚州

Fact statusReported

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A former chief investigative reporter for Britain's Daily Mail disclosed that the person who traveled to Seattle with Zhang Wanying is California construction businessman Miao Fatai, whose son said he returned to China because his mother is ill.

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2026-10-09 16:10 · 10月8日，CBS披露张婉莹案疑似同行者为加州建筑商Fatai Miao，其已于10月4日张被捕当天遭FBI搜查尔湾住宅，检方称其约两周前持单程票赴华。

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Original event FBI Arrests Zhang Wanying in Los Angeles on Charges of Acting as an Agent of China

10.04 ·Reported ·Importance IV ·Los Angeles

Original event FBI Arrests Chinese-American Woman in California Suspected of Spying on Lai Ching-te's Son for China

10.04 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Los Angeles

Original event US FBI Arrests Real Estate Agent Zhang Wanying at Los Angeles Airport

10.04 ·Reported ·Importance III ·Los Angeles, United States

Original event Zhang Wanying, suspected of surveilling Lai Ching-te's son, makes first court appearance in Los Angeles federal court

10.05 ·Reported ·Importance IV ·Los Angeles

Original event China's Foreign Ministry Responds to the Zhang Wanying Case, Saying It Opposes the Smears and Slandering of China by So-Called Chinese Spies

10.06 ·Reported ·Importance III ·China

Original event Chinese Citizen Zhang Wanying Arrested at Los Angeles International Airport

10.04 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Los Angeles, United States

Original event Federal Judge Approves Search of iCloud Account Belonging to Zhang's Traveling Companion

03.09 ·Verifying ·Importance III ·United States

Original event Zhang Wanying Makes First Court Appearance at Federal Court in Los Angeles

10.05 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Los Angeles

Original event Zhang Wanying Charged with Acting as an Unregistered Agent of the Chinese Government

10.08 ·Reported ·Importance III ·United States

Original event Detention Hearing Held for Zhang Wanying, Court Rules to Continue Detention

10.07 ·Verified ·Importance IV ·Los Angeles, United States

This event Investigative Reporter Reveals Seattle Travel Companion Is Miao Fatai 2026.10.09 · Reported

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Caused US FBI Arrests Former Chinese Citizen Accused of Long-Term Surveillance of Lai Ching-te's Family

2026.10 ·Verified ·Importance IV ·加利福尼亚州尔湾市

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Sayings · 2026-10-09 16:02 On October 8, CBS revealed that the suspected companion in the Zhang Wanying case was California builder Fatai Miao, whose Irvine residence had already been searched by the FBI on October 4, the day Zhang was arrested; prosecutors said he had flown to China on a one-way ticket about two weeks earlier.

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