US researcher faces up to 20 years in prison for hiding China ties

A tenured engineering professor at the University of Arkansas who directed the school’s high density electronics centre, which performed proprietary and government-funded research, has been arrested for failing to disclose ‘close ties’ with the Chinese government and Chinese companies. Simon Saw-Teong Ang, who is 63 years old and has been working at the university for more than three decades, faces up to 20 years in prison, according to the US Justice Department. The complaint and affidavit were unsealed on 11 May, after his initial court appearance.