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Chinese spy ring arrests are the tip of the iceberg.
Two Chinese-American brothers and their wives were arrested in southern California on October 28 for conspiring to steal sensitive information about U.S. Navy warships and smuggle it to China. On November 15, a federal grand jury indicted both of the men and one of the wives for the relatively minor crime of failing to register as Chinese agents.
The indictment alleges that Chi Mak, 65, a naturalized U.S. citizen; his brother, Tai Wang Mak, 56, a Chinese national; and Chi Mak's wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, 62; are agents of the People's Republic of China. Failing to register as a foreign agent carries a maximum possible penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Tai Wang Mak's wife was not indicted.
According to an FBI affidavit, Chi Mak, a lead engineer for U.S. defense contractor Power Paragon, had given his brother several computer disks that contained data on U.S. Navy weapons, specifically information on Quiet Electric Drive (QED) systems used in U.S. warships. Tai Wang Mak was planning to travel to China to hand the disks over to another man, the affidavit said. The FBI characterized the QED data as "extremely sensitive."
Tai Wang Mak, a broadcast director for the Phoenix North American Chinese Channel, and his wife were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on October 28 as they boarded a plane to China. Asked by CNN's Lou Dobbs to ...
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...to the case said. The ring was led by Chi Mak and his wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, along with Mr. Chi's brother, Tai Wang Mak, and his wife, Fuk Heung Li, officials said. Key compromises uncovered so far include sensitive data on Aegis battle...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor November 30, 2005 700+ words
...home and arrested him and his wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu. At the same time, agents detained Mak's brother, Tai Wang Mak, a Chinese national, as he waited at Los Angeles International Airport for a flight to Hong Kong. Thus one month...
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...the largest individual gift the College ever received; and Tai Wang, Co-Founder and Vice President of W.A.C. Lighting Company...Katopes and LaGuardia Foundation board members Peter Koo and Tai Wang. Located in Long Island City, Queens in New York City, LaGuardia...
Source: HighBeam Research, Chinese spy ring arrests are the tip of the iceberg.