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United States United States Chinese-American engineer convicted of spying
United States United States Chinese-American engineer convicted of spying
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| Written by Sheetal Mehta |
| Friday, 17 July 2009 15:32 |
 Los Angeles - A Chinese-American engineer who worked for Boeing corporation for 30 years has been convicted of spying for China after agents found 300,000 sensitive documents at his home, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.Dongfan Chung, 73, was found guilty of acting as a foreign agent, conspiring to violate the Economic Espionage Act and seven other charges. Prosecutors are expected to ask for a 15 to 20 year jail sentence. During the ten day trial, the court heard how investigators found some 300,000 documents in his home - including plans for the fueling system of a Delta 4 rocket, an antenna system for the space shuttle and other aerospace and military technologies. Prosecutors alleged that since the late 1970s, Chung had sent information to China via various means, including mail, sea freight, a Chinese agent named Chi Mak and the Chinese consulate. "As federal agents sifted through the hundreds of thousands of pages of documents in Mr Chung's home, the story of Mr Chung's secret life became clear," US District Court Judge Cormac Carney wrote in his decision. "He was a spy for the People's Republic of China." Defence attorneys said they expected to appeal. Lawyers claimed he had the documents because he planned to write a book about the space shuttle.(dpa) |