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A prominent University of Alberta researcher and his wife are facing charges related to the alleged sexual assault and confinement of a minor, the Journal has learned.
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3 r) z3 Y( { z) Q" d: X' NZhixiang Wang, 51, is facing one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual contact with a child for offences allegedly carried out between Nov. 2009 and May 31, 2010, court records show.
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His wife, Xinmei Chen, 49, is charged with one count of unlawful confinement of a child between May 31, 2010 and Jan. 29, 2013, the records show.
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: l7 g: U. m- w2 T6 x+ sThe same victim, a girl under the age of 16, is listed in both cases.
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( x0 [; X" { L; w X. K' b4 KBoth were arrested at Edmonton police headquarters and charged on Feb. 14, police spokesman Scott Pattison said in an email. There are no other potential victims, he added.4 H5 N! `7 B0 q8 @
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Wang, an associate professor in the university’s department of medical genetics, was named a senior heritage scholar in 2000 by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
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According to an article about Wang in the foundation’s fall 2003 issue, Wang joined the U of A in 1999. He had been studying cell biology of locusts, but according to the article, made the switch to medical-related research in 1994 while pursuing post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto.# m8 X: u. A# M2 ~: b
+ c1 \/ P X' G3 E( PAt the time, the article says, Wang’s research focused on a protein found in most body fluids that, in high levels, can lead to the development of breast cancer.+ @( g& J, o/ c% X' N
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He has numerous academic publications to his name, including several authored with Chen, who is listed on the U of A website as a technician working in Wang’s lab.
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Wang’s cancer research is considered among the most promising in Canada. In 2005, he was awarded a grant from the Canadian Cancer Society worth more than $350,000. His research explored how overactivity in certain proteins that play an important role in cell growth can be linked to the development of skin and brain cancers.1 z& m1 J5 D$ I9 u8 c
4 O9 n" s) x# |1 ^/ QU of A spokesman Bryan Alary confirmed in an email that both Wang and Chen are university employees currently on leave.
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( u+ l- u6 j& l! U7 PThe university considers cases where an employee is charged criminally on a case-by-case basis, Alary said.
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“Factors the university would take into account include whether there is a real or perceived connection between the charges and the person’s employment and whether the person’s presence on campus posed a real or perceived danger to the university or members of its community,” he said.
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) P4 v% d, r8 d+ N. d! H2 Z8 n/ k4 IBoth Chen and Wang made their first appearance in Edmonton court on Feb. 14 and were released on bail.- {$ \( r: d/ k% S
% L3 S$ W6 m! h/ R; E* lTheir next court appearance is scheduled for March 13.
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