From: South China Morning Post
Pair claimed to be acting on behalf of Beijing official when they tried to send hi-tech military gear to mainland; HK ‘mastermind’ awaits trial
Bryan Harris
Two Taiwanese accomplices of an alleged Hong Kong smuggling mastermind face decades in US prisons after being caught trying to export high-grade military technology to mainland China.
The pair claimed to be acting on behalf of a senior Beijing official when they were snared in an FBI sting, FBI reports and legal documents seen by the Sunday Morning Post show.
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The agents worked their way into the good graces of the gang in 2009 after reaching an agreement with then-72-year-old Kow to move millions of dollars of contraband, such as cigarettes and footwear, from China to the US.
