Sànchez (JxCat) accuses Casado of lying about teaching in Catalonia | Politics

The secretary general of Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), Jordi Sànchez, accused the president of the PP, Pablo Casado, on Tuesday of “spreading lies” to fuel tensions over the controversy over the linguistic situation in education in Catalonia.

In statements to the media upon his departure from the Courts of First Instance of Madrid, Sànchez has stated that he will sue Casado, after he has not attended the act of conciliation of the complaint filed against him for a crime of slander, libel and incitement to hatred as a result of his statements about teaching in Catalonia.

Arkansas Professor Pleads Guilty to Lying About China Patents

FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS — 

A University of Arkansas professor pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about patents he had for inventions in mainland China.

Simon Saw-Teong Ang pleaded guilty in federal court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to one count from a 58-count federal indictment.

Prosecutors say that 24 patents bearing Ang’s name were filed with the Beijing government but that he failed to report the patents to the university and denied having them when questioned by the FBI.

The university requires disclosure of all faculty patents, which the university would own. The plea deal calls for a one-year prison sentence, but the crime could be punishable by up to five years in prison.

The 64-year-old Fayetteville resident was suspended from the university faculty when he was initially indicted in July 2020. The university website no longer lists him on its faculty directory.