BEIJING, June 27 -- Beijing police detained a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences who allegedly took six women he claimed were his wives to the United States during academic trips.

    

Zheng Jiadong [baidu]

The man returned - but without any of his "wives," the Beijing Times reported yesterday.

    The report said police detained Zheng Jiadong, 49, as he was processing paperwork at the exit-entry office of the Beijing Public Security Bureau on June 10.

    Zheng is a research fellow and professor with the academy's philosophy research institute.

    Zheng is also a part-time professor at a Heilongjiang Province university and a part-time research fellow with a Shanghai university, according to the report.

    The institute has appointed another research fellow to take Zheng's post as head of its Chinese Philosophy Research Office.

    The Beijing Times didn't specify what charges may have been filed against the academician.

(Source: Shanghai Daily)