Supporter of Former University of Tennessee Professor Dr. Note Hu. (APA Justice)
Supporter of Former University of Tennessee Professor Dr. Note Hu. (APA Justice)WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates and more than 20 other Asian-American and Pacific Islander groups (AAPI) signed a joint letter calling on the Biden administration to endorse the US Department of Justice’s “China Initiative.” Suspend and start an independent review to determine whether the Trump-era program unfairly targeted anyone based on race, ethnicity, or ancestry.
Nearly 100 members of Congress, led by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), had previously asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the DOJ’s attacks on people of Asian descent in July, citing allegations that researchers and professors were racially and falsely profiled were accused of providing information to China.
The letter, spearheaded by Stop AAPI Hate and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), also urged the Biden administration to step up efforts to protect the AAPI community ahead of the U.S.’s 90-day investigation, expected earlier this month -Secret Service to double up on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic – warning that it could be used to legitimize racist language and scapegoat people of AAPI ancestry.
“The sad but indisputable truth is that the very existence of this report will endanger our communities,” the groups wrote to Biden. “Despite the good intentions of your government’s upcoming report, its publication will require you to redouble your efforts – speak out and act – to combat hatred and violence against AAPI.”
Thursday’s letter was sent two weeks after dozens of AAPI community leaders met with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House to discuss the rise in anti-Asian attacks. Meanwhile, Stop AAPI Hate said it received a total of 9,081 reports of hate incidents between March 19, 2020 and June 30, 2021.
Declaration by the CAPAC chairman on the resumption of the proceedings by Dr. Note Hu
After FBI agents admitted under oath that they knowingly built a case on bogus evidence, resulting in a misconduct, the U.S. government announced on July 30 that it had dismissed Dr. Anming Hu will be brought to trial again.
Judy Chu (D-Pasadena), chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, expressed outrage that the Justice Department would continue to put pressure on his case, which she believed was based on racist profiling.
Hu, a Canadian researcher who has worked at the University of Tennessee Knoxville since 2013, has been charged with spying for China’s paperwork under the troubled “China Initiative,” which accepts Chinese scholars and researchers as possible spies based solely on ethnicity- Filing errors and the admitted lies of the FBI.
Chu, calling for the China initiative to stop, made the following statement:
“Instead of starting a crime and looking for a suspect as usual, the FBI, through its China initiative, started with racially profiled suspects and looked for a crime. Many of the FBI’s cases were flawed from the start, as evidenced by the number of cases that have been dropped without any explanation and despite the incredible damage that has been done to those whose lives have been turned upside down by this investigation.
“The case of Dr. Anming Hu is the most glaring example of how investigations based on racial profiling lead to flimsy cases that cannot stand up in court. Worse, to justify this investigation, we know that FBI agents falsified evidence.
“Instead of accepting that Dr. Hu poses no threat to our national security in any way, the DOJ disappointingly doubles up and is pushing for a retrial to justify its unsuccessful investigation.
“We have to take the threats to national security seriously, but the China initiative is not working and has threatened a return to prejudice as the cornerstone of politics. Unless the DOJ receives new evidence against Dr. Hu are present, this case must be closed and the China Initiative stopped. “
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