RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1013178

UNCLAS SINGAPORE 001658 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/DTTC BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN SUBJECT: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1013178 REF: STATE 108510 ¶1. Per reftel, post conducted a site visit and contacted the Singapore Ministry of Defense (MOD) to establish the bona fides of Powell Technologies. ¶2. Powell Technologies is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since September 16, ¶2004. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal officers as: Name: Chia Chee Kiong (aka Ted Chia) Nationality: Singaporean ID: S0009133B Address: 92 Chwee Chian Road, Singapore Name: Yeo Ek Joo Nationality: Singaporean ID: S1165528I Address: 92 Chwee Chian Road, Singapore ¶3. DHS/ICE databases revealed no negative information about Powell Technologies. ¶4. Econoff visited the address listed reftel on September 6. The location was a residence, and the occupants were not at home. During a subsequent phone conversation, Powell Technologies' owner, Ted Chia, confirmed that he worked out of his residence. The company's only customers were the MOD and ST Aerospace, he said. (Note: ST Aerospace is a division of ST Electronics, a Singapore government-linked company that handles many of the Singapore Armed Forces' procurement contracts. End note.) Chia told us that he had been working with munitions list items for approximately ten years and was familiar with USML restrictions. A MOD representative confirmed that it had ordered the spare parts listed reftel through Powell Technologies. Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm HERBOLD