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Berkeley engineer demands justice after judge dismisses co-worker’s poisoning conviction

Rong Yuan, whose vomiting and hair loss began in 2017, hid a camera by her desk after her mother detected something off in the water bottle she used at work.

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The Rebel Yellow
Oct 21, 2026
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Image via Rong Yuan, ABC7 News Bay Area | YouTube

A Berkeley, California, engineer is calling the justice system broken after a judge dismissed the felony poisoning conviction of a former co-worker that she caught tampering with her water through a hidden camera.

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