A Chinese scientist convicted of illegal medical practice over gene-edited babies has gotten his Hong Kong visa revoked after widespread criticism from the public.
He Jiankui was initially granted a visa to enter through the Hong Kong government’s new Top Talent Pass Scheme.
The Hong Kong government (HKgov) confirmed that applicants were not required to declare criminal record history when applying for the Scheme.
Late at night on Feb. 21, the HKgov issued a statement declaring that He’s visa would be revoked.
Hong Kong academia suspected that He received a lot of resources in China to test gene editing and the involvement was at a national-level. They believe Beijing might have taken action and that the regime wants to prevent He from exposing details after leaving mainland China….