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Professor Anne-Marie Brady has been told not to speak publicly about the allegations and complaints filed against her.
University of Canterbury expert in China Professor Anne-Marie Brady has been gagged by her employer while conducting a review of her research.
The review by two academics and two college board members began in August after Brady’s article: Holding a pen in one hand and wielding a pistol in the other – prompted complaints from two New Zealand universities and several individual scholars.
The document describes how universities, academics and businesses could be inadvertently helping the Chinese Community Party by collaborating with Chinese agencies on high-tech research.
Jane Patterson / RNZ
Anne-Marie Brady, Professor at the University of Canterbury in Parliament.
His attorney, Stephen Franks, said Brady had been told not to comment publicly on the claims and complaints, ostensibly to protect his privacy.
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He said that she had given up on privacy concerns, but still felt that she could not publicly respond to complaints.
Disputes at the academy were common and typically resolved through public rebuttals that then resulted in public corrections if warranted, he said.
“We are still trying to figure out exactly what to answer. We want to know how the review is a legitimate exercise of the authority of the university ”.
Until Brady understood where the university was going with the review, it was difficult to provide answers within the set time frames, he said.
REPORT TOMORROW / RNZ
Data leaked by a Chinese company on prominent New Zealanders could be related to attempts to influence New Zealand politics and business, says University of Canterbury professor Anne-Marie Brady. (First published September 16, 2020)
The scholar’s battle with her own university over the article has drawn international attention with recent articles on her problems published in the Australian financial review and British newspaper The times.
Brady, whose research on the Chinese government’s efforts to influence Western democracies has gained international recognition, presented the document as a supplemental submission to Parliament’s justice selection committee earlier this year.
The document, co-authored by Jichang Lulu and Sam Pheloung, was also posted on the website of the Washington-based think tank Wilson Center.
The paper shows how New Zealand universities and high-tech companies are linked to Chinese universities and companies and how they could help transfer useful technology to the Chinese military. Brady says China has an international technology transfer strategy that includes academic exchanges, investment in foreign companies, espionage and piracy.
Franks said it was possible to take disciplinary action against Brady, but that was the worst case scenario.
The University of Canterbury has previously declined to discuss the review and was unable to respond to questions before the deadline.
