When you open up this email message, Prof Franklin (Feng) Tao is standing on trial at a Kansas City federal district court. He is the first to be charged under DOJ’s now-defunct “China Initiative.” Even though the China Initiative is now gone, the fed government still chooses to continue with his prosecution.
He is viewed by the government as an economic espionage and a threat to America. He is suspended without pay by the university for two and a half years now. His wife has been working three jobs to pay for the legal bills. And by now his family has piled up a crushing debt of about 3/4 million dollars, way beyond the means of his family to pay. Can you help by going to this GoFundMe site to give your timely support so that he can stand a fair trial?
UCA has been in the forefront of fighting for Chinese American civil rights and equal treatment under law. Throughout, we believe cases like Prof Tao’s do not belong to the federal criminal court. And there have simply too many wrongfully charged cases, under or leading up to the China Initiative. We must fight for our constitutionally guaranteed rights. Your kind support for the Tao family will go a long way towards restoring fairness and equal treatment for our community. Thank you!
