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Research shows bias against Asians in US spy prosecutions
    2021-09-23  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

INDIVIDUALS with Asian or Chinese names are punished twice as severely as those with Western names in economic espionage charges in the United States, according to a U.S. study released Tuesday.

The study, titled “Racial Disparities in Economic Espionage Act Prosecutions (EEA): A Window into the New Red Scare,” also said that one in three Asian Americans accused of espionage may have been falsely accused.

The study found that jail time for Chinese and Asian defendants doubles those of Western defendants. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is much more likely to publicize alleged “spying” by people with Asian names than people with Western names.

The study analyzed 276 individual defendants and 190 cases charged under the EEA from 1996 to 2020 as coded in the Federal Public Access to Court Electronic Records system.

The research made America “a less attractive place for immigrants of all backgrounds,” said Zhengyu Huang, president of Committee of 100, a non-profit organization of prominent Chinese Americans that co-led the research.

Prior to 2009, only 16 percent of defendants charged under EEA were people with Chinese names. However, the majority of people charged with EEA offenses have been people of Chinese descent since 2009, according to the study.

“We spent thousands of hours analyzing federal court filings and Department of Justice press releases. Unfortunately, the data reveals that Asian-Americans and others of Asian descent are treated differently by our justice system,” said Andrew Chongseh Kim, an attorney with Greenberg Traurig and visiting scholar at South Texas College of Law.

“People of Asian descent are more likely to be accused of spying even though they are less likely to actually be convicted of those charges. Perhaps more troubling, the DOJ is much more likely to publicize allegations of spying when they involve people with Asian names,” said Kim, who co-led the research.(Xinhua)

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