City of Reedley – California Globe

Reedley Chinese Communist Party-Linked Lab: One Year Later

March 18, 2024 2:44 amMarch 18, 2024 10:23 am

It was exactly a year ago Saturday when officials with the City of Reedley executed a search warrant on what turned out to be a secret, Chinese Communist Party-linked laboratory in the middle of downtown. In the past year, the...

Illegal COVID Lab Owner in Reedley Pleads Not Guilty

November 16, 2023 6:51 pmNovember 16, 2023 6:51 pm

Jia Bei Zhu, aka David He, pleaded not guilty to three federal charges related to his ownership of the now infamous Reedley biolab. Zhu was indicted on one count of lying to federal officials and two counts of mislabeling medical...

Reedley Lab Owner Arrest a ‘Gross Misunderstanding,’ Attorney Says

October 27, 2023 9:28 am

The attorney for the owner of the infamous lab discovered in Reedley said Thursday the whole string of incidents that led to the arrest of David He was a “gross misunderstanding.” “There was a basic misinterpretation by the government of...

Illegal Reedley COVID Lab Owner Arrested

October 21, 2023 2:45 amOctober 21, 2023 2:46 am

Jia Bei Zhu, a 62-year-old Chinese national and owner of the infamous Reedley COVID/etc. testing lab, was arrested outside the lab Thursday. And the story of the arrest is as astonishing as the story of the lab itself is troubling....