The wife of the professor of data security xiaofeng wang, who was fired from his hired work At the University of Indiana, Bloomington (IU) on the same day, the couple's home was searched by the Federal Investigation Department last month, said on Monday that she believed that her family was targeted by the US government unfairly and was the victim of what she described as wrong accusations for wrongdoing.
Our family is determined to fight, not only for ourselves, but also for the broader research community, those who will be affected if the allegation is not hindered, Mr. Nian Nianli Ma said.
This is the first time that Ma spoke publicly since the FBI search occurred at the end of March. She appeared at a web seminar organized by the Asian American scholar forum (AASF), a non -profit group established in early 2021 to support the rights and recognition of Asian American scholars. Ma works as a library analyst at the university before she was also sudden fired from IU before the FBI searched for two houses of the couple and students every day. report.
I can't understand how the universities we spend two decades of our lives, can treat us like this, but not even tell us why or go through the process on time, especially for my husband, Mr. Ma Ma said. I lost weight and had difficulty sleeping. I feel trapped in anxiety and sadness.
The case of Wang has caused concern among scholars that a program of the Ministry of Justice was closed called China was revived under the new Trump administration. The campaign, began during President Trump's first term with the goal of anti -economic spy, was critically produced by critics of researchers in China and other Asian and other Asian -American academic communities. Doj later abandoned the program under the Biden government after it lost or withdrew in some related cases.
One of the tallest of them is the case of Professor Gang Chen, who accused in 2021 under the Chinese initiative for allegedly not disclosing to a number of Chinese organizations in funding applications and also spoke at the online conference on Monday. The allegations against him were eliminated next year after the revelations were found not requested by the federal government.
“Nianli's story is very heartbreaking. The images of the raid of Nianli's FBI and the home of Professor Xiaofeng Wang brought our daughters, Mr. Chen said. It brings fear to my family and many others who have experienced Chinese initiatives.
Brian Sun, a member of the AASF Legal Advisory Council, said at the web seminar that there is no evidence that Xiaofeng's case is related to any type of illegal technology transfer or anything related to the type of concern that leads to the founding of China.
The representative of New York Grace Meng, who made an important speech at the event, said she was concerned about the efforts of the current US President's government to recover Chinese initiatives, without doing anything to solve national security concerns and instead create a cold impact on research and innovation of science, as well as ruin life and vividness.