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U of A professor and his wife charged in alleged sexual assault of minor5 @( C0 A2 Y! u8 q
+ }" [ L/ X2 e4 m2 @A prominent cancer researcher at the University of Alberta, and his wife, are facing a number of charges related to the alleged sexual assault, and confinement, of a teenaged girl.
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" |0 _% u, h P/ R( MZhixiang Wang, 50, and his wife Xinmei Chen, 49, were arrested at Edmonton Police Service headquarters on February 14.
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Wang is facing charges of sexual contact with a minor, and sexual assault – for reported incidents dating back to between Nov. 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010.2 Q8 H; f( m( Q
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Chen is facing a charge of unlawful confinement of a child for alleged offences from May 31, 2010 to Jan. 29, 2013., a3 [( g% y* @, @
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A girl under the age of 16 is listed as the victim in both cases.
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/ k/ S" K& H2 ~. k. A, M( `The University of Alberta issued a statement Friday, and confirmed the couple are both employed by the U of A, but are on leave.) @; c; I0 g1 i" M3 F7 _! D& K& `( K
7 F! c# U$ V/ S: k6 ?, j' VThe statement went on to say cases of employees being charged criminally are handled on a case by case basis:
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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.”
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CTV News has learned both worked in breast cancer research.! F3 f2 G5 \, X2 }4 f2 w
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The pair are scheduled to appear in court on March 13. |
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