Chinese National Sentenced to Prison After Trying to Illegally Export Radio to China

A Chinese national was sentenced to three years in prison after trying to illegally export a radio designated as a defense article to China, the Justice Department said in a June 12 press release. Qingshan Li bought the export-controlled radio -- a U.S. military Harris Falcon III AN/PRC 152A -- in the U.S. and picked it up from a San Diego storage unit last year. Li intended to take the radio to Tijuana, Mexico, in order to ship it to China from there because of Mexico’s lack of export control rules. Li was eventually stopped by U.S. authorities, who found the radio and other military equipment in his bag, the Justice Department said. Li said he knew the radio was export controlled, the agency said.