Pakistan and China have entered a secret three-year deal to expand potential bio-warfare capabilities, including running several research projects related to the deadly agent anthrax, a report by The Klaxon said, quoting multiple intelligence sources. Speaking to India Today from Sydney, the Editor-in-Chief of The Klaxon, Anthony Klan, said that the experiments were a serious 'concern' and exposed the nexus between China and the Pakistani military. Geeta Mohan New DelhiSeptember 16, 2020UPDATED: September 16, 2020 04:02 IST Anthony Klan, Editor-in-Chief of The Klaxon. (Photo: Twitter / @Anthony_Klan)Pakistan and China have entered a secret three-year deal to expand potential bio-warfare capabilities, including running several research projects related to the deadly agent anthrax, a report by The Klaxon said, quoting multiple intelligence sources. CHINA-PAK MILITARY NEXUS Speaking to India Today from Sydney, the Editor-in-Chief of The Klaxon, Anthony Klan, said that the experiments were a serious “concern” and exposed the nexus between China and the Pakistani military. “There have been experiments carried out since 2015 with five different high level pathogens. The studies are being conducted in Pakistan. A lot of the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists are working on Pakistan soil with Pakistan’s defence agencies which raises very serious concerns among the intelligence agencies,” said Anthony. According to the report, China’s now infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology has signed the covert deal with Pakistan military’s Defence Science and Technology Organization (DESTO), to collaborate research in “emerging infectious diseases” and advance studies on the biological control of transmitted diseases. 據The Klaxon（新聞媒體）引征多家情報來源的報道指出，巴基斯坦與中共達成了一項為期三年的協議，旨在提升其潛在的生物戰能力，其中包含運行幾個致命炭疽製劑項目。The Klaxon的主編安東尼.克蘭在悉尼向《今日印度》報道，這些實驗令人深度擔憂同時也曝光了中共與巴基斯坦軍方之間的勾聯。 中巴之間的軍事勾聯 The Klaxon主編安東尼．克蘭在悉尼向《今日印度》報道，這些試驗令人深度擔憂同時也曝光了中共與巴基斯坦軍方之間的勾聯。“從2015年起有五種高致命性病菌的試驗已經在巴基斯坦開展。研究也同時在進行過程中。許多中共武漢病毒研究所的科學家正在巴基斯坦本土工作並與巴國防機構積極合作，引起情報界高度關注”，安東尼表示。 據報道，臭名昭著的中共武漢病毒研究所已與巴基斯坦軍方的國防科技組織（DESTO）簽署了一份秘密協議，擬協同開發合作“新發傳染病”及疾病傳輸的生物控制之先期研究。 巴基斯坦本土的試驗 儘管巴中雙方極力抵賴，仍有充足證據證實大量研究與巴基斯坦有密切相關。有證據表明試驗是在巴基斯坦本土實施的，安東尼表示，“令人產生興趣的是關於五種病原體的研究，武漢及中共資本被提及，在巴基斯坦當地的研究也被提及，例如來自數千的駱駝及其他動物和數千的人體血清。雖然具體實驗室地址沒有提到，但大致幾個區域有涉及”。 巴方政府出面表示關於生物安全3級實驗室沒有什麼可保密的，它確實在開展試驗。 巴基斯坦豚鼠（小白鼠）試驗 但報告的調查結果表示整個項目是中共政府與巴基斯坦軍方之間的秘密協議下進行的，對方要求他們在實施的具體地點和操作隱秘性應做些保密措施。 而實際上，報告表明巴基斯坦已經把這些試驗和測試付諸實踐。當問及當地新聞為何未作披露參與秘密實驗試驗者並不知情的話題時，安東尼說，“我認為大部分的試驗對象都是偏遠貧窮地區的牧民，取樣也都來自於他們，他們怎麼會明白他們參與的是什麼試驗，試驗的目的及結果是什麼。這是相當恐怖的一件事，太多的疑問”。 關於樣本量的使用，他表示，“大約2000-2500個試驗品用於一種研究試驗，有些約500個。總共，大約7000-8000人，4000-5000的動物參與了試驗，動物里大部分是駱駝，這些動物都是被馴化或餵養的”。 中共的資助 據報道，所有研究項目都是由屬於中共一帶一路政策下的中巴經濟走廊規劃（CPEC）的資助下所提供的資金。安東尼說，“這都是一帶一路政策下的中巴經濟走廊規劃所提供的資助，高達630億美金的資金投入…很難取得一個具體的明細於這些每個具體的研究，但都與一帶一路在巴基斯坦的投入相關。幾乎所有這些完全來自於中共的中科院病毒研究所的資金提供所資助，絕大部分都是一帶一路旗下的項目。” 生物武器 國際社會最大的擔憂是這項危險病原體的研究可以回溯到CCP病毒爆發前，而巴基斯坦並無相應設施來處理這種病毒，這樣一來，就使它變成了生物武器的滋生繁殖基地。這種對於沒有設備設施的巴基斯坦來說是非常危險的。 “如多方情報所擔憂的，你可以用技術來清除冠狀病毒，同時也可以很容易將其武器化。這發生在巴基斯坦境內，完全由中共所資助”， 安東尼表示。他補充說：“我們都知道這些病毒對於沒有具備處理能力的巴基斯坦實在是太危險了，BL3和BL4（生物安全3級和4級）是眾所周知的最高安全級別，然而，並未得知巴基斯坦有BL4級的相應設施。 情報表明，包括印度次大陸的國家都向The Klaxon表示他們深切擔憂這個涉及到中共在他們邊境測試生物試劑並試圖最小化“引發國際社會譴責的風險”的行為。一個高級情報消息表明國防科技組織（DESTO）也參與到隱秘生物武器計劃下的各種與炭疽相關的軍民兩用研究項目。 據報道，由武漢和巴基斯坦科學家所試驗的五項研究結果已經在科學雜誌上發表了論文，每種都涉及到檢測及動物傳染病的病原體的研究。研究包含了西尼羅河病毒（West Nile Virus），中東呼吸綜合徵冠狀病毒（Mers Coronavirus），克里米亞-剛果出血熱病毒（Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus），血小板減少症病毒（Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Viru）以及基孔肯雅熱病毒（ Chikungunya Virus）。 目前尚未發現任何有效的疫苗和治療手段來應對這些病毒，而這些都是目前世上最致命和傳染力最強的病毒。 據高度可靠情報透露，中共正通過武漢病毒研究所在巴基斯坦測試致命生物製劑並為巴方科學家提供廣泛的操控病毒及生物信息學的培訓， 以豐富和充實他們所謂潛在的攻擊性生物戰計劃。巴基斯坦有可能將此技術用於發動生物戰爭，或因貧乏的設施設備條件導致致命病毒的意外泄露。更進一步，有生物武器化和生物恐怖主義蔓延的危險，安東尼．克蘭說，“令人擔憂和恐懼的是，一旦這些病毒從實驗室意外泄露出來，將對社會造成多麼大的打擊， 未來這些病毒及技術的武器化帶來不可想象的後果。鑑於巴基斯坦不穩定的局面，這些擔憂都有可能變為現實。中巴雙方的否認，並不能抹去籠罩在世界人民頭上的生物武器化及生物病毒恐怖主義的陰霾。” 點評： 病毒及其研究本屬於醫學範疇，醫者救人之術，正常人的思維和邏輯是應該探究病毒來源，研發控制及殺滅病毒的方法和解決方案，而不是，邪惡到去把世界上最致命最有傳染性的病毒研究出對付人類。玩火者必自焚！ ON PAK SOIL Despite fierce denial from Pakistan and China, there is enough proof according to the report that a lot of the research can be tied to Pakistan. Proving that the research is being carried out on Pakistani soil, Anthony said, “It is interesting to know that within these five studies, Wuhan is mentioned, Chinese funding is mentioned and studies on Pakistani soil are mentioned, for e.g. blood serum from thousands of camels and other animals and also thousands of humans. It does not mention specifically where the lab work is done, but mentions several areas.” “After we first reported this, the Pakistani government came out and said there is no secret about biosafety levels 3 labs which obviously confirmed that it was happening on Pakistani soil,” he added. PAKISTANI GUINEA PIGS The findings of the report also suggest that the entire project is being done between the Chinese government and the Pakistani military which allows them to keep the locations a secret and the operations “covert”. In fact, the report says that Pakistanis have been used for testing and have participated in the experiments. When asked how the news never got out and did the individuals who participated in such research in secret labs didn’t know, Anthony said, “I suspect not. I suspect that most of these studies have a rural sample size. Lot of them are herdsmen from remote areas. How much would they know of what they are involved in? These people wouldn’t know what the samples were for and what happens with the results of the studies that they have been privy to or have been involved in. It is a real scare. There are a lot of question marks.” On the sample size used, he said, “Around two thousand to two and a half thousand samples in each of the studies. Some of them were about five hundreds. Overall, there were about seven-eight thousand people and about 4,000-5,000 animals, predominantly camels or usually those that are domesticated or reared for consumption.” FUNDED BY CHINA All the research projects are being funded by China under the auspices of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which falls within China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to the report. He said, “It is being done under the auspices of the economic corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the US $63 billion fund... It is difficult to get an exact breakdown but the money for each of these studies, when we track, is tied to the BRI initiative in Pakistan. Almost all of it is funded by China so the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Virology. A lot of it is a part of the flagship BRI project.” BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS The biggest worry for the international community is the fact that this research with dangerous pathogens dates back to before the Covid-19 outbreak and the fact that Pakistan does not have the facilities for such viruses. Also, that this is a breeding ground for “biological weapons”. “You can use technology to wipe coronavirus etc., but it can also be weaponised very easily as has been the concern of many intelligence sources. This is happening on Pakistani soil, fully funded by China,” said Anthony Klan. He added, “It is happening in laboratories that are not necessarily equipped to handle some of the viruses. We know that some of the pathogens are too dangerous for the facilities that Pakistan operates. BL3 (biosafety levels 3 labs) and BL4 are known to be the most secure. There is no known BL4 facility in Pakistan.” Intelligence sources, including from the Indian subcontinent, have told The Klaxon they have serious concerns about the secret project, which involves China testing biological agents outside its borders in an apparent bid to minimize the “risk of drawing condemnation from the international community”. “DESTO has been engaged in various dual-use research projects related to anthrax under a covert biological weapons program,” one senior intelligence source said. According to another report by The Klaxon, the results of five studies conducted by Wuhan and Pakistani scientists have been published in scientific papers, each involving the “detection and characterisation” of “zoonotic pathogens”. The studies involve experiments and genome sequencing of the West Nile Virus; MERS-Coronavirus; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus; the Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus; and the Chikungunya Virus. There is no vaccine or cure for any of those pathogens, which are among some of the world’s deadliest and most contagious. As revealed by The Klaxon, highly credible intelligence sources believe China, via its Wuhan Institute of Virology, is testing lethal biological agents in Pakistan and providing “extensive training on manipulation of pathogens and bio-informatics” to Pakistani scientists, which could “enrich a potential offensive biological programme”. It was revealed China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology had allegedly recently signed a secret three-year deal with Pakistan military’s DESTO to collaborate research in “emerging infectious diseases” and the “biological control of transmitted diseases”. That Wuhan-Pakistan military tie-up had never been publicly announced or disclosed before, said the report. Key concerns are that Pakistan could use the technology in bio-warfare, or that deadly pathogens could accidentally escape from inadequately equipped facilities. Raising concerns regarding biological weaponisation and biological terrorism he said, “There are concerns and the most important threat is what if these viruses escape the laboratories accidentally, how much would the impact be. Secondly, is the weaponisation and potential future weaponisation of this technology. With the instability in Pakistan, the concern is real. China and Pakistan deny it, but the real danger is biological weaponisation and biological terrorism.” ALSO READ | Covid-19 virus made in Wuhan laboratory: Chinese virologist claims she has proofALSO READ | US issues sweeping new travel warning for China, Hong Kong |
