Korean man jailed in US for China military sales
A South Korean man was sentenced to 32 months in prison by a U.S. District Judge after pleading guilty to exporting two Black Hawk helicopter engines to China without consent from the U.S. State Department.
Kwonhwan Park and his Malaysian company, SGS, claimed that the two engines were either for the Malaysian Army or the South Korean Army in an application to the State Department. The engines were sent to China from Malaysia instead.
He also tried to order four engines claiming they were for South Korean Army's S-70s.
Malaysian and South Korean military officials' signatures were forged for the engine applications.
Park was arrested at Washington's Dulles International Airport in April 2004, trying to board a plane bound for Beijing with an advanced night-vision goggles system in his baggage.
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