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Published online 12 May 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060508-15

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South Korean cloners indicted

Hwang charged with fraud, embezzlement and violation of bioethics law.

Once-feted cloning researcher Woo-Suk Hwang was indicted today, 12 May, on three charges.

The Seoul Central District prosecutor's office in South Korea charged him with embezzling KRW2.

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