ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) — Eyewitness News has learned Silvia Zhang and Gunjun Xuan, the Arcadia couple who housed 21 children and are at the center of a surrogacy scandal, have been arrested on multiple charges.
AIR7 was over the couple’s home as local law enforcement and the FBI were seen coming in and out of the property.
Xuan’s attorney, Mitchell Krems, released the following statement:
“My client is innocent. It is the nanny’s wrongdoing who went on the run. He is being targeted for exercising his constitutional right to have a large family.”
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, along with L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna, will be holding a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday to provide an update about the case. ABC7 will carry that news conference live.
No further details were immediately known about Tuesday’s law enforcement operation.
Silvia Zhang (left) and Guojun Xuan (right)
The couple has been under scrutiny since last summer, when they were arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment and later released without being charged.
A search warrant obtained by ABC7 On Your Side Investigates shows the investigation began after their then-2-month-old son suffered an apparent head injury.
According to investigators, the couple’s nanny, Chunmei Li, was captured on security camera video holding the infant inside the home. The warrant states that footage shows the baby “cries for a few seconds until a thud or hit is heard,” and that “crying suddenly stops.” Police wrote that after Li’s “attempt to wake him up” was “no success,” the video shows Li “shake him.”
Li remains at large, according to investigators.
Last summer, the 21 children found in the home were placed in the custody of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
The investigation determined that the children are the product of a surrogacy operation owned by Zhang and Xuan.
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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