Overview
- University police said Danhao Wang, a research assistant in engineering, fell inside the George G. Brown Building on March 19 and was later pronounced dead.
- CBS News Detroit reported it confirmed that Wang died shortly after speaking with federal investigators.
- The FBI’s Detroit office declined to confirm any contact, citing its policy of neither confirming nor denying investigative activity, and campus police say they are investigating a possible act of self-harm with no ongoing threat reported.
- China’s Foreign Ministry and its Chicago consulate protested what they called hostile U.S. questioning of a Chinese scholar and demanded a full investigation and explanation.
- University groups and advocates say international researchers feel targeted, with a union advising members to seek counsel before speaking with law enforcement and students planning a vigil, against a backdrop of recent federal cases involving Chinese researchers at the school.