Posted on 11/10/2005 10:45:18 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Chinese-American engineer appeared in federal court Thursday on charges of conspiring to steal sensitive information about U.S. Navy warships and smuggle it to China.
With his hands shackled, Chi Mak stood quietly in a Santa Ana federal court as a magistrate judge agreed to his request for a new defense lawyer.
Mak, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China, was arrested Oct. 28 on charges of stealing government property, aiding and abetting, transportation of stolen goods and conspiracy.
He was held without bond last week after authorities accused him of taking computer disks from Anaheim defense contractor Power Paragon, where he was lead engineer on a sensitive research project involving propulsion systems for Navy warships.
"From everything I've seen, he seems to be an upstanding citizen with no criminal history," said defense attorney Ronald Kaye after Thursday's brief hearing.
Also arrested in the case:
- Mak's wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, a naturalized citizen of Chinese descent who was held on $300,000 bond;
- Mak's brother, Tai Wang Mak, a Chinese national and director for the Phoenix North American Chinese Channel, who was ordered held without bond; and
- Tai Wang Mak's wife, Fuk Heung Li, a Chinese national also denied bond.
All four face charges of stealing government property, aiding and abetting, transportation of stolen goods and conspiracy. A grand jury has been convened and could return an indictment by Nov. 15.
In a way, I look forward to the day when these "normalized" relations we have with China are tossed out with the garbage that it is.
China is at war with us... we just don't know it yet.
We do the same. So does every other nation.
That being said, these people should spend a lifetime in prison. No more and no less than Jonathan Pollard.
Definitely a Mak attack.
Fuk Heung Li. I won't state the obvious.
bump
shoot them in the face and throw them in a ditch.
"That being said, these people should spend a lifetime in prison."
Would you plea bargain, for cooperation regarding the entire episode?
For example, reduced prison time, followed by lost citizenship and deportation?
UCLA School of Law, Class of 1989..
http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=1845
Ronald O. Kaye ‘89 and David S. McLane ‘86 formed a partnership starting October 15, 2003 with Marilyn E. Bednarski (Loyola Law School and UCLA undergrad). All three are former federal public defenders who joined up after extensive years in the Federal Public Defender's office. Marilyn was Chief Deputy and Dave was a supervisor. Ron was one of the more experienced trial lawyers. They are doing primarily federal criminal defense, as well as civil rights. What is unique is having three former federal public defenders start their own practice by scratch. Most go on their own in solo practice or join existing firms. The vision was to continue to do excellent criminal defense, have control over our practice, and yet have the camaraderie of working together.
I will. Fuk Heung Li, Fuk Chi Mak, Fuk Tai Wang Mak, Fuk Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, and Fuk Bill Clinton for sharing missile technology with the Chi-Coms in return for campaign cash.
Only if you assume that they don't possess any information that would be of value to the chinese or of value to us. They need to be debriefed for years in the United States to determine the extent of their activities and with whom they dealt.
The Chinese are stealing secrets.
This is what happens when you have globalization.
The Chinese are stealing secrets.
This is what happens when you have globalization.
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