A Chinese student who stayed in the United States suspected of violent threats to the people will be tried in January next year.
According to Voice of the United States, the first pre -trial meeting was held on Thursday (July 27), a Chinese student Wu Xiaolei (transliteration) suspected of threating the case of the Lord.It is scheduled to be on January 22, 2024, and the trial is expected to last four to five days.
The defendant Wu Xiaolei appeared in court with his defense lawyer five minutes before the start of the pre -review meeting.Because it was only pre -trial, Wu Xiaolei did not sit between the lawyers and judges of both parties and the judges of the defendant, but ran into the seat in front of the seat.During the entire pre -review meeting, he performed calm.
During the trial of the trial in January next year, both parties to the prosecution will summon witnesses or experts respectively.Before that, the two sides will continue to conduct multiple pre -review meetings.The defendant Wu Xiaolei has always expressed his failure to plead guilty.
25 -year -old Wu Xiaolei attended the Beron Berkeley Conservatory of Music.He threatened a protesters who supported Chinese democracy on the campus and threatened a poster on campus on the campus and were arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency on December 13 last year.After being arrested by the joint transfer bureau, Wu Xiaolei was also ordered by the Berkeley Conservatory to stop school and not allowed to enter the campus.In January this year, a federal jury formally sued him.
The alleged book states that the suspect Wu Xiaolei through WeChat, email, and Instagram on campus or nearby "we want freedom" was pasted between WeChat, email, and Instagram from October 22 to 24, 2022.) The individual of the poster launched a language attack and threatened to chop off the opponent's hand.In addition, Wu Xiaolei also told the victim that he had reported his behavior to the Chinese national security department and said that the Guoan part of the victims will visit the victims in China.Wu Xiaolei also found out the email address of the victim through others and disclosed his contact information, hoping that others would harass it on the Internet.
According to the public record of the court, Wu Xiaolei expressed his guilty to judges on January 20 this year.Since then, the court has held several hearings, including April 24, allowing Wu Xiaolei to remove the electronic monitoring device he has been worn on April 24.
Some students from the Berkeley Conservatory and democratic activities outside the school conducted a small -scale protest on April 4 at the gate of the school, accusing the school of inaction in the Wu Xiaolei incident.They said in the demand statement that the parties asked for help from the school's senior management and student organizations during the harassment of Wu Xiaolei, but rarely responded.
Statement also pointed out that as an art college, Berkeley should defend all students' freedom of speech, especially those international students who are oppressed by freedom of speech.
The day before the pre -trial meeting on Thursday, VOA once again contacted the Berkeley Conservatory of Music, and then received an email from the school. "The thorough and objective investigation procedures for professionals. We believe that we pay enough attention to this matter and take appropriate measures. "
Renewal, the school strongly encouraged" Our communityAny members who have witnessed or experienced harassment or discrimination report the matter so that we can provide timely support, resources and services. "
