Chi Mak, a naturalized U.S. citizen, accused of conspiring to export U.S. defense technologies denied April 25 in federal court that he ever worked as a spy for the Chinese government.
Mak, 66, was arrested in 2005 in Los Angeles after FBI agents stopped his brother and sister-in-law as they boarded a flight to Hong Kong. Investigators said they found three encrypted CDs in their luggage containing documents on a submarine propulsion system, a solid-state power switch for ships and a Power Point presentation on the future of power electronics.
Mak has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to export defense material to China, failure to register as a foreign agent, attempted and actual export of defense articles and making false statements.. (Source: AP, International Herald Tribune, May 1, 2007).