The former boss of a US company's Chinese subsidiary Tuesday pleaded guilty to illegally supplying material to Pakistan for use in a nuclear reactor and is now co-operating with US investigators. US prosecutors said that Xun Wang faces up to five years in jail and a fine of $250,000 for conspiring to violate US law by sending the high-quality paint coatings to Pakistan via China after being refused a US export license.
No sentencing date was set. "At the end of last year, the Chinese subsidiary of a US company pleaded guilty to illegally exporting high-performance coatings for use in a Pakistani nuclear reactor," said US Attorney Ronald Machen in the capital Washington.
"Today we are pleased to see the former managing director of that subsidiary accept responsibility for her role in the crime. "We also welcome the defendant's decision to cooperate with the government in our ongoing investigation of this blatant violation of US export laws."
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