
一名来自中国的怀俄明州微生物学研究生因被指控给一名有待批准专利且关系不佳的同事下毒,随后在警方询问后试图逃离美国而被捕。
A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.
32岁的王爱莉于10月6日在洛杉矶国际机场被捕,检方称她当时试图返回中国。她随身携带笔记本电脑、电子存储设备和文件,这些物品目前由警方保管。警方称,监控录像显示王爱莉曾在受害者的办公桌里翻找,该受害者专注于疾病治疗技术的研究——这与她在中国所做的工作类似。多年来,美国官员一直指责中国从美国大学窃取知识产权。
Aili Wang, 32, was arrested 6 October at Los Angeles international airport, where prosecutors allege she sought to return to China. With her were laptops, electronic storage devices and documents now in the possession of police, who allege Wang was seen on surveillance video rummaging through the desk of the victim who specialized in technology for disease treatment – research similar to work she had done in China. US officials for years have accused China of stealing intellectual property from American universities. The microbiology professor overseeing both graduate students, Mark Gomelsky, said the accusations left him reeling.
负责监督这两名研究生的微生物学教授马克·戈梅尔斯基表示,这些指控让他感到震惊。他不确定受害者是否能够完全康复。
He was uncertain if the victim will fully recover. “It’s been disheartening, to say the least, to see that one of your students’ lives is in jeopardy and another student may be responsible for that,” Gomelsky told the Associated Press.
戈梅尔斯基告诉美联社:“至少可以说,看到你的学生之一生命受到威胁,而另一名学生可能对此负责,这令人心碎。”他说:“这是我职业生涯中最糟糕的冲击之一。”法庭文件中未列出王爱莉的律师信息。美联社曾尝试通过电子邮件和领英联系她。
“That was one of the worst shocks in my professional career.”Wang had no attorney listed in court documents. The AP tried to reach her via email and LinkedIn messages. The police investigation began after the victim, identified in court documents as “KT”, began experiencing symptoms and his wife and others allegedly isolated the chemical in the coffee maker water.
警方的调查始于受害者(在法庭文件中被标识为“KT”)出现症状之后,其妻子和其他人据称从咖啡机的水中分离出了一种化学物质。受害者和校园警察随后在拉勒米大学他与王爱莉共用的办公空间里安装了监控摄像头。
The victim and campus police then set up surveillance cameras in the office space he shared with Wang at the university in Laramie. Wang allegedly was recorded 27 September going through the alleged victim’s desk.
警方称,王爱莉于9月27日被录像显示她在翻找受害者据称的办公桌。10月1日,她被录像显示“在他的办公桌上拍照和操作笔记本”,此外还用她自己的杯子里的液体冲洗了他的马克杯,怀俄明大学城校园警察的一份宣誓书如是 stated。
On 1 October, she was recorded “taking photos and manipulating notebooks” on his desk, as well as rinsing out his mug with a liquid from her own mug, a University of Wyoming campus police officer’s affidavit said. Wang and the alleged victim, who did not share research areas, did not get along, according to the affidavit.
根据宣誓书所述,王和所谓的受害者研究领域不同,两人关系不佳。
The alleged victim began experiencing extreme tiredness, inability to sleep and other unexplained symptoms soon after attending a prestigious conference in August, Gomelsky said.
戈梅尔斯基表示,所谓的受害者在八月参加一场享有盛誉的会议后不久,就开始出现极度疲倦、失眠以及其他无法解释的症状。
He also noticed a strange taste in the tea that he made with a small coffee maker on his desk, Gomelsky said.
戈梅尔斯基还说,他注意到自己用办公桌上的小型咖啡机泡的茶里有奇怪的味道,而当他清洗咖啡机时,这种味道就会消失。
When he washed the coffee maker, Gomelsky said, the taste would go away.
戈梅尔斯基表示,怀疑共享办公室里有人在毒害这名研究生,于是一名化学教授检测了水样并确认了丙烯酰胺的存在。
Suspecting someone in their shared office could be poisoning the graduate student, Gomelsky said a chemistry professor tested the water and identified acrylamide.
王在怀俄明州面临一项重罪加重攻击和殴打罪名,最高可判处10年监禁并处以1万美元罚款。
Wang faces a felony aggravated assault and battery charge in Wyoming punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
目前尚不清楚她何时可能被引渡到该州,在那里,奥尔巴尼县巡回法院法官罗伯特·桑福德批准了检察官的请求,并将保释金提高至150万美元现金。
It’s not clear when she could be extradited to the state, where Albany county circuit court judge Robert Sanford granted prosecutors’ request and raised bond to $1.5m cash-only.
警方称,王据称在去年夏天两次通过该线上零售网站购买丙烯酰胺后,曾要求eBay删除她的账户。
Wang allegedly asked eBay to delete her account after she bought acrylamide over the online retail site twice last summer, police said.