Indonesian authorities has named 
Lin Jingzhang, a director of metal smelting company PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT), as a suspect in a cesium-137 contamination case that resulted in the recall of some exports to the US.
Investigators have struggled to contact representatives of the metal processing factory, which is located on the Cikande Industrial Estate in Banten province on Java, after the entire management returned to China. However, Lin has agreed to cooperate with the inquiry and will return to Indonesia for questioning.
The company, which produces stainless steel from scrap and waste steel, received at least 3,000 tons of raw materials from dozens of suppliers during its 10 months of operations in Indonesia. All of its stainless steel production is exported to China.
In Aug, 
FDA issued a safety alert warning consumers not to eat certain frozen shrimp imported from PT Bahari Makmur Sejati, a company close to the Cikande Industrial Estate, after cesium-137 was detected in shipping containers it sent to the US.
Around 20 factories linked to the Cikande industrial estate were affected, including facilities that process shrimp and make footwear, authorities say. Nine employees working on the industrial estate were detected to have been exposed to cesium-137. They were treated at a government hospital in Jakarta and all contaminated facilities in the industrial area have been decontaminated.
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Lin Jingzhang, a director of metal smelting company PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT), as a suspect in a cesium-137 contamination case that resulted in the recall of some exports to the US.
Investigators have struggled to contact representatives of the metal processing factory, which is located on the Cikande Industrial Estate in Banten province on Java, after the entire management returned to China. However, Lin has agreed to cooperate with the inquiry and will return to Indonesia for questioning.
The company, which produces stainless steel from scrap and waste steel, received at least 3,000 tons of raw materials from dozens of suppliers during its 10 months of operations in Indonesia. All of its stainless steel production is exported to China.
In Aug, FDA issued a safety alert warning consumers not to eat certain frozen shrimp imported from PT Bahari Makmur Sejati, a company close to the Cikande Industrial Estate, after cesium-137 was detected in shipping containers it sent to the US.
Around 20 factories linked to the Cikande industrial estate were affected, including facilities that process shrimp and make footwear, authorities say. Nine employees working on the industrial estate were detected to have been exposed to cesium-137. They were treated at a government hospital in Jakarta and all contaminated facilities in the industrial area have been decontaminated.
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