Three relatives of Chi Mak have pleaded guilty in California to conspiracy of passing U.S. secrets to China.. Tai Mak, brother of Chi Mak, pleaded guilty in a Santa Ana, Calif., U.S. District Court to violating export-control laws, Tai Mak's wife, Fuk Heung Li, and son, Billy Yui Mak, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the violation of the export-control laws. Chi Mak's wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, is scheduled to go on trial June 5.
Chi Mak, a Cjinese Aemrican engineer, was convicted May 10 of acting as an unregistered agent for China, giving false statements to the FBI, conspiracy to violate export-control laws and attempting to violate export-control laws. He was accused of attempting to pass information on U.S. naval technology on two disks to China. (Source: UPI, Jun 6, 2007)