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A former gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian Queens was sentenced to 24 years in prison last week

Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, pleaded guilty on June 30 to four counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Cheng "committed a series of heinous acts against women"

A New York City doctor was sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to rape and sexual abuse against sedated hospital patients and other women, authorities said.

Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, pleaded guilty on June 30 to four counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse, according to a press release from the Queens District Attorney's Office. He also entered an Alford plea to one count of sexual abuse, meaning

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