LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A federal grand jury has indicted two rice researchers
from China for conspiring to steal rice technology from a research center in
Arkansas.
The indictments announced Friday are linked to a Chinese delegation’s trip in
2013 to the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart. Two others
have been convicted or pleaded guilty previously in a related case.
U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland says Liu Xuejun and Sun Yue were indicted for
conspiracy to steal trade secrets and conspiracy to commit interstate
transportation of stolen property. The indictment says customs officers found
stolen rice seeds in Liu and Sun’s luggage when they flew through Hawaii on
their way back to China.
Prosecutors say the seeds were designed for use in the medical field and had
been developed by Ventria Bioscience.
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