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Man sentenced over nuclear arms-convertible exports to Myanmar

Friday 06th November, 01:22 AM JST

YOKOHAMA —

The Yokohama District Court on Thursday sentenced a company president to two years in prison, suspended for four years, for exporting devices to Myanmar that can be converted for use in making nuclear weapons. While giving the suspended sentence for violating the foreign trade law to Keiko Ri, 41, the court slapped 6 million yen in fines on his Tokyo-based trading house Toko Boeki.
   
‘‘These (devices) could be used to produce nuclear weapons. It could have a grave impact on world peace and erode trust in our country,’’ Judge Juichiro Kora said. The devices can be used to develop centrifuges that could be used to enrich uranium, a process used for nuclear weapons.

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