Cách ông Tập phá hỏng Harvard

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A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties (che giấu mối liên hệ) to a Chinese-run recruitment program (chương trình tuyển dụng) was found guilty on all counts Tuesday.

Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns (nộp quyết toán thuế), two counts of making false statements and two counts of failing to file reports for a foreign bank account (tài khoản ngân hàng ở nước ngoài) in China.

...Lieber’s defense attorney Marc Mukasey had argued that prosecutors (công tố viên) lacked proof of the charges. He maintained that investigators (điều tra viên) didn’t keep any record of their interviews with Lieber prior to his arrest (bắt giữ).

He argued that prosecutors would be unable to prove that Lieber acted “knowingly, intentionally (có chủ đích) or willfully (cố ý, chủ tâm), or that he made any material (trọng yếu) false statement.” Mukasey also stressed Lieber wasn’t charged with illegally (bất hợp pháp) transferring (chuyển giao) any technology (công nghệ) or proprietary information (thông tin độc quyền) to China.

Prosecutors argued that Lieber, who was arrested in January 2020, knowingly hid his involvement in China’s Thousand Talents Plan — a program designed to recruit people with knowledge of foreign technology and intellectual property to China — to protect his career and reputation.

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