The State - News from Nov. 6, 1985

An indictment charging five people, including a Rutgers University professor, with having illegally exported $4 million in U.S. semiconductor and other electronic equipment to Hong Kong was returned by a federal grand jury in San Jose. U.S. Atty. Joseph Russoniello said Prof. Bansangh W. Lee was charged with conspiracy, making false statements, wire fraud and violation of the export act along with Philip Teik-Jan Tai, Chi Pak Lui, Ji Wei Sun and Walter Loi Shiang Chiu. The indictment said the defendants conspired to send high-tech manufacturing equipment--including photomasks, silicon wafers and related software--outside the country without valid Department of Commerce export licenses.