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A US court on Tuesday convicted two Chinese nationals for illegally exporting electronic components used in military radar and electronic warfare to several military entities in China, including one in the US.Following a five-week trial, a federal jury in Massachusetts convicted Zhen Zhou Wu aka Alex Wu, Yufeng Wei aka Annie Wei and Chitron Electronics Inc (Chitron-US), of unlawfully exporting defense articles and commerce controlled goods to China on numerous occasions between 2004 and 2007 and conspiring to violate US export laws over a period of ten years.Wu and Wei were also both convicted of filing false shipping documents with the Commerce Department. In addition, Wei was convicted of immigration fraud for presenting a US Permanent Resident Card, which she knew had been procured by making false and fraudulent statements to immigration officials, to enter the country.The jury also convicted Waltham Mass Corporation, owned by one of the defendants, which procured the equipments from US suppliers and exported the goods to China through Hong Kong. The exported equipment is used in electronic warfare, military radar, fire control, military guidance and control equipment and satellite communications, including global positioning systems."Today's convictions demonstrate the importance of safeguarding America's sensitive technology against illicit foreign procurement efforts. They also serve as a warning to those who seek to covertly obtain technological materials from the US in order to advance military systems of their own."I applaud the many agents, analysts and prosecutors who helped bring about this successful outcome," said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.Since 1990 the US government has maintained an arms embargo against China that prohibits the export, re-export, or re-transfer of any defense article to China."For more than 10 years, this corporation and these defendants conspired to procure US military products and other controlled electronic components for use in mainland China--for military radar, military satellite communications, and military guidance systems," said US Attorney Ortiz.They also illegally exported Commerce Department-controlled electronic components to China that could be used in military applications in electronic warfare, military radar, satellite communications systems and space applications.These items could make a direct and significant contribution to weapons systems and war-fighting capabilities of US adversaries, and cannot be exported to China without an export license from the US Department of Commerce, the Justice Department said.
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