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Tsai Hsien Tai

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TypePerson[sources]
NameTsai Hsien Tai[sources]
Other nameAlex H.T. Tsai[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityTaiwan[sources]
CountryNorth Korea[sources]
DescriptionProvided, or attempted to provide, financial, technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID. KPe.001). In control of Trans Merits Co. Ltd. and Trans Multi Mechanics Co. Ltd., subsidiaries of Global Interface Company Inc.. "Indicted in June 2013 by the United States. for, among other things, exporting or attempting to export between 2009 and 2010 a machine tool that could be used to produce weapons of mass destruction". "On 10 October 2014, Alex Tsai pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in its enforcement of regulations targeting proliferators of weapons of mass destruction. He admitted that he engaged in illegal business transactions involving the export of United States goods and machinery".[sources]
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On p. 65 and p. 70 of the UN Panel of Experts November 2010 and June 2012 report, respectively, "Hsien" is spelled as "Hsein".

— DPRK Reports non-official source,

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