Posted on 11/04/2006 1:40:17 AM PST by Smokin' Joe
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Five members of a family accused of scheming to send sensitive information about Navy warships to China were indicted Wednesday on new conspiracy charges, prosecutors said.
The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, added counts of conspiracy to export U.S. defense articles to China, possession of property in aid of a foreign government and making false statements to federal investigators to existing charges.
Named in the supplemental indictment were Chi Mak, a U.S. citizen who worked for Anaheim defense contractor Power Paragon; his wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu; his brother, Tai Mak; Tai Mak's wife, Fuk Heung Li; and their son, Billy Yui Mak.
Li, 49, and her 26-year-old son were already facing charges of making false statements and acting as agents of a foreign government, namely China, without prior notification to the U.S. attorney general.
Chi Mak, 66, Tai Wang Mak, 57, and Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, 62, were previously charged with one count of failing to register as a foreign agent.
The government claims that Chi Mak passed information about U.S. naval technology from his employer to his brother and that his nephew, Billy Mak, then helped encrypt the files...
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Hang them.
Your tag line says it all!!!!!
There are others of current former high political rank who should swing with them, imo.
Ditto.
If nothing else, they can serve as bad examples.
How long must we pay the interest on a few illegal campaign contributions, and some donations to the Clinton Lie-brary? Wasn't our missile technology enough?
Well, maybe they no longer work for the Anaheim defense contractor but Los Alamos would still hire them.
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