Author: Eva Pastor
Date: 08-26-09 23:21
Source: The Scientist.com
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55918/
Date published: August 26th 2009
The Scientist: NewsBlog:
Four years in jail for Hwang?
August 2009 03:26 PM GMT]
Disgraced stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk may face jail time, if South Korean prosecutors have anything to do with it. The prosecutors told the Seoul court today (August 24) that fabricating research findings on human stem cell lines and misusing more than $2 million in state funds calls for a four-year prison term, reports Reuters .
After suspicion was raised about Hwang's work in late 2005, he was officially charged with criminal fraud and embezzlement in May 2006. His trial has been underway for about three years, and may continue into a fourth, legal experts told Reuters.
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