A federal court said Monday it would issue a decision July 3 on whether a Japanese woman and a Chinese man should be charged with stealing genetic materials and information from a Harvard Medical School lab.
Kayoko Kimbara, 32, and Zhu Jiangyu, 30, agreed with the offer of the federal court in San Diego during a preliminary hearing Monday to hold another hearing beginning at 9 a.m. July 3 on whether evidence is sufficient to bring the two researchers to trial after prosecution by a grand jury.
A U.S. attorney told Kyodo News there is a possibility of plea bargaining.
The court will also decide July 3 on whether to release the two on bail and on procedures to transfer the case to a federal court in Boston, where it was originally filed.