A Harvard University department chair and two Chinese nationals who were researc...
- A Harvard University department chair and two Chinese nationals who were researchers at Boston University and a Boston hospital were charged on Tuesday for lying about their links to the Chinese government.
“This is a very carefully directed effort by the Chinese government to fill what it views as its own strategic gaps,” said Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, as he revealed the charges in a news conference. Prosecutors said Ye is a lieutenant in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which she did not disclose when she obtained a visa to enter the United States. She is accused of passing information on research conducted at Boston University to China’s government.
According to a court filing, Lieber made materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to the U.S. Department of Defense about his role in the plan, and to the National Institutes of Health about that role and also his affiliation with Wuhan University of Technology in China. “The charges brought by the U.S. government against Professor Lieber are extremely serious,” Harvard said in a statement. “Professor Lieber has been placed on indefinite administrative leave.”Beth Israel officials could not be reached for immediate comment.
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