Calls grow for US to dismiss 'Nasa lies' case of Hu Anming, as critics cite 'racial bias' in case accusing him of hiding ties to Chinese university

Civil rights organisations and academics sent letters in recent weeks to a US federal court, urging the judge to acquit former University of Tennessee professor Hu Anming – who is accused of lying to Nasa about his China ties and committing wire fraud – without retrying the case. On Friday, advocacy group APA Justice Task Force sent a letter to Judge Thomas Varlan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, who presides over the case, to express “outrage to the Department of Justice’s intent to retry” the case, and calling for it to be dismissed….