Chinese researcher accused of stealing cancer research
Chinese researcher Yunhai Li was arrested at Houston airport for trying to smuggle US-funded cancer research to China.
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Yunhai Li, a 35-year-old Chinese researcher, worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He was developing a vaccine to prevent breast cancer from spreading. Li suddenly quit his job on July 1 and uploaded almost finished research to a Chinese server.
The research was paid for by the US government. Police found out that Li was secretly working for Chongqing Medical University in China while he was in the US. He lied about this on official forms.
When airport security checked his laptop, they found secret research files. Li told police he thought he could take the research because it was 'going to waste.' He was arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets. If found guilty, he could go to prison for up to ten years.
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