Posted on 11/04/2005 7:59:13 PM PST by Indy Pendance
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An engineer and Chinese television director are among four people indicted on charges of stealing secret documents on Navy warships and trying to smuggle them to China, prosecutors said Friday.
Chi Mak, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China who lives in Los Angeles County, was arrested Oct. 28. He allegedly took computer disks from Anaheim defense contractor Power Paragon, where he was lead engineer on a research project involving warship propulsion systems, according to an FBI affidavit.
He also allegedly e-mailed photos and reports about the project to his home computer.
Authorities say Chi Mak and his wife copied the information onto CDs and delivered them to Mak's brother, Tai Wang Mak, a broadcast and engineering director for the Phoenix North American Chinese Channel.
Tai Wang Mak was scheduled to fly to Hong Kong on Oct. 28 with his wife. From there, he allegedly planned to travel to Guangzhou, China, to meet a contact.
Chi Mak and Tai Wang Mak were both charged, along with their wives, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu and Fuk Heung Li, according to a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office.
The four face charges of stealing government property, transportation of stolen goods and conspiracy, said spokesman Thom Mrozek.
Chi Mak was ordered held without bail on Monday.
Chiu, an American of Chinese descent, appeared in court Friday and bail was set at $300,000. However, it will take several days for bond to be posted, Mrozek said. She will then be under house arrest with electronic monitoring.
Tai Wang Mak, a Chinese citizen and legal U.S. resident, also made a court appearance, but his bond hearing was postponed until Monday, when his wife, a legal resident from China, is also scheduled to appear in court.
OMG I just hear about it on local news at 6pm
Thanks for the link, different article, different source, different title.
Fry the bastards!
And who was the traitor who gave this Chi Mak a clearance to work at the defence contractor Power Paragon?
Clinton authorized a similar situation, and let 140 convicted felons out of prison.
I remember back when we were experiencing "Bill and Al's excellent adventure in government" selling secrets to the Chinese was like gnarly and cool.
All kidding aside, I have a feeling this muslim problem is just a minor irritant compared to what the Chinese have in mind for us down the road. Hope I'm wrong.
"thanks for letting me know."
That pic is uncalled for. I'm sure Indy thought you were playing FRpolice and was trying to tell her of a dupe, which it wasn't.
I hope you're wrong too. What a mess that would be.
Hey, let the newb think he's in the cool club.
I was just kidding now lets all play nice and Im not a newb and Ill pass on the whole cool club thing.
We sure know how to guarantee our own security.
The same idiots that set our immigration policy. Why should we have Americans in our defense industry? They can't think of any reason to do so.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how this group was caught?
tiger net?
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