导读:南科大否定了这一说法。
A university in southern China has dismissed claims that its controversial former employee He Jiankui, the scientist who claimed to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies, has been detained.
中国南方一所大学驳斥了其具有争议的前雇员贺建奎已被拘留的说法。这名科学家声称培育出了世界上首例基因编辑婴儿。
A spokeswoman for the Shenzhen-based Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTC) said: “Right now nobody’s information is accurate, only the official channels are.”
深圳南方科技大学（南科大）的一位女发言人表示：“目前大家的信息都不准确，只有官方渠道的才是准确的。”
But she declined to elaborate on this matter, saying: “We cannot answer any questions regarding the matter right now, but if we have any information, we will update it through our official channels.”
但她拒绝了详细说明此事，声称：“目前我们无法回答有关此事的任何问题，但如果我们有任何信息，我们将通过我们的官方渠道进行更新。”
Over the weekend, some media outlets reported that the scientist had been brought back to Shenzhen by the university’s president.
上周末，一些媒体报道称，贺建奎被南科大校长带回了深圳。
The reports claimed he was being kept under effective house arrest after he made an appearance at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
报道称，贺建奎于周三在香港参加完第二届人类基因组编辑国际峰会后就被软禁了。
来源：南华早报
