US Charges Indian Man With Smuggling Weapons Technology

U.S. government prosecutors have charged a businessman with shipping sensitive U.S. weapons technology to India in violation of export controls. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, chief executive of Cirrus Electronics, pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a U.S. federal court in Washington.

Prosecutors accuse him and three colleagues with shipping heat-resistant memory chips and microprocessors to three Indian government agencies, via Singapore. The Indian agencies are involved in the research and production of spacecraft, ballistic missiles, and fighter jets.

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein says the arrests have shut down a network of technology smugglers that undermined U.S. national security.

U.S. federal agents arrested Sudarshan and his global sales manager on March 23rd. A company official based in Bangalore and another based in Singapore have also been indicted in connection with the charges.

美国政府检察官指控一名商人违反出口管制条例，将敏感的美国武器技术产品运往印度。CIRRUS电子公司的主管苏达山星期二在美国首都华盛顿的一个联邦法院提出无罪申辩。

美国检察官指控苏达山和三名同事将抗热记忆芯片和微处理器经由新加坡运给了印度3个政府机构。这些印度政府部门参与宇宙飞船、弹道导弹和喷气式战斗机的研制。

美国司法部助理部长温斯泰因表示，逮捕行动切断了一个破坏美国国家安全的技术走私网络。

美国联邦特工3月23号逮捕了苏达山和他手下的全球销售经理。这名经理也是印度人。CIRRUS公司驻印度班加罗尔的一名公司官员和驻新加坡的另外一名公司人员也因涉案而受到起诉。