A well-known Chinese scientist who defied a Chinese government gag order by being the first to disclose the genome of the Covid virus to a global database four years ago held a rare protest this week in Shanghai after being locked out of his lab.
The scientist, Zhang Yongzhen, had run a laboratory in Shanghai since 2018, but found over the weekend that the facility had been sealed off with one of his colleagues locked inside, according to a Chinese news outlet.
Dr. Zhang’s key card had been canceled and the elevators had been turned off.
On Sunday evening, he began sleeping outdoors on flattened cardboard in front of locked blue doors at the sidewalk entrance to the lab, photos posted online by students showed.
At least five security guards could be seen in one of the photos.
Persons:
Zhang Yongzhen, Zhang’s, “, ”
Locations:
Shanghai, Shandong Province