US EditionLawyers say plea deal is being pursued for Chinese scientist charged in US toxic fungus case
- Lawyers for Yunqing Jian, a Chinese scientist charged with conspiring to nurse a toxic fungus, are pursuing a plea deal, as stated in a court document filed Tuesday.
- Yunqing Jian, 33, was arrested on June 3 while working at the University of Michigan.
- Federal authorities reported that the case raises national security concerns but did not claim Jian had a plan to use the fungus.
- The University of Michigan did not have federal permits to work with the material involved in the case.
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Lawyers Pursuing Plea Deal for Chinese Scientist Who Smuggled Biological Pathogen Into US
Lawyers for one of the Chinese nationals accused of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen into the United States are already in talks to try to resolve the case, according to a court document filed on June 17. Yunqing Jian, 33, was a researcher at the University of Michigan when she was arrested on June 2 in relation to allegations that she smuggled into America a fungus called Fusarium graminearum, which scientific literature classifies as …
Lawyers for a Chinese scientist accused of conspiring to grow a toxic fungus in a University of Michigan lab are already in talks to try to resolve the case, according to a court document filed Tuesday.
Lawyers say plea deal is being pursued for Chinese scientist charged in US toxic fungus case
Lawyers for a Chinese scientist charged with conspiring to nurse a toxic fungus at a U-M lab already are in talks to try to resolve the case, according to a court document filed Tuesday.
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