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BOSTON - Prosecutors have recommended that the United States Justice Department drop charges against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professora person familiar with the matter said on Friday

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Chen was accused of failing to disclose, among other things, that he served as an"overseas expert" to the Chinese government and sat on the advisory board of Shenzhen's Southern University of Science and Technology, or SUSTech, when applying for a US Department of Energy grant. Mr Kelly and co-counsel Rob Fisher had no comment on Friday. MIT declined to comment. Mr Wyn Hornbuckle, a Justice Department spokesman, had no comment on Chen's case.Chen was charged in January 2021 as part of the department's"China Initiative", launched during former president Donald Trump's administration to counter suspected Chinese economic espionage and research theft.

A Tennessee professor was acquitted by a judge last year following a mistrial, and prosecutors dropped charges against six other researchers.

 

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