Chinese Executive Named Suspect in Indonesian Radiation Case
A radioactivity warning sign at an industrial estate where cesium-137 contamination was detected, in Sukatani, Indonesia, in October.
Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesIndonesian police have named a Chinese director of a metal smelting company as a suspect in a cesium-137 contamination case that ultimately led to radioactive shrimp and sneakers being exported as far as the US.
Lin Jingzhang, a director of Indonesia-based PT Peter Metal Technology, was designated a suspect in the spread of the man-made isotope at an industrial estate in western Java, a government task force said Thursday in Jakarta.