American Military News August 07, 2020 Matthew Ormseth - Los Angeles Times
A federal grand jury in Sacramento has charged that a cancer researcher at UC Davis committed visa fraud when she concealed her alleged membership in the Chinese military in seeking permission to live and study in the United States.
The indictment returned Thursday also alleges that the researcher, Juan Tang, lied to the FBI.
Tang is among several Chinese nationals charged in U.S. courts in recent months, accused of concealing their alleged affiliations with the Chinese military and other government institutions in seeking research positions at several of the United States’ eminent universities, including Stanford and UC San Francisco.
Tang’s attorney, Alexandra Negin, said in an email that her client would enter a not-guilty plea Monday. She raised concern that Tang, who remains in custody, cannot exercise her right to a speedy trial because jury trials have been postponed during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This is truly a situation where a person who is presumed innocent is being punished before she even has a chance to have her case heard by a jury,†Negin said.
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