舊金山加州大學發言人波爾昨日公布,38歲華裔博士後研究員劉本春(音譯:Ben Chun Liu),因涉嫌毒害同為華裔的女同事曹梅(音譯: Mei Cao),上周五被警方拘捕。波爾指出,劉氏為中國公民,以工作簽證的身分留美,被捕後於周一以移民扣押令形式,被拘留在舊金山縣監獄。受害者曹氏事後被送往該校醫院檢查,不久已回家休養。
UCSF researcher suspected of trying to poison colleague
Bay City News Service
A post-doctoral fellow at the University of California-San Francisco has been arrested for attempted murder after being accused of trying to poison a female colleague, a university spokeswoman said today.
Ben Chun Liu, 38, was arrested Friday for allegedly poisoning the drink of Mei Cao, UCSF spokeswoman Kristen Bole said.
Both work in the university's urology department. Bole said she did not know whether the two had any sort of relationship outside of work.
Liu is a Chinese citizen and is in the United States on a work visa. He has been placed on an immigration hold and was still in custody in San Francisco County jail on Monday, Bole said.
Bole said police had searched both the urology lab and Liu's San Francisco home and recovered evidence of the crime, but she did not know whether the alleged poisoning occurred on the university campus.
Cao was examined at the UCSF Medical Center and was later released. Bole said that because of the ongoing investigation, she could not say what substance was used to allegedly poison the drink.
Police are still investigating the motive but Bole said it does not appear there are additional suspects or victims in the case.