EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: XIAN JASON ELECTRONICS

UNCLAS HONG KONG 001658 USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LLAUCIUS/JSONDERM USDOC FOR 3132 FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR PATRICK SANTILLO BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: XIAN JASON ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY REF: A) BIS e-mail PLC request dated August 12, 2009 B) D421812 C) HK 00797 (2009) ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO),attempted to conduct a pre-license check at Xian Jason Electronics Technology, Flat K, 14F, World Tech Centre, 95 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong (Xian Jason Electronics). The purpose of the visit was to determine the suitability of Xian Jason Electronics to be the ultimate consignee (but not end user) of various high density programmable logic devices that are the subject of export license application D421812. The items (ECCN 3A001) are controlled for national security (NS) reasons. The license applicant is Benchmark Connector Corp. of Sunrise, Florida and the stated end user in the license application is Shaanxi Shiyouyiqi Ltd. of Xian, China. ¶3. A search of the Hong Kong Companies Registry revealed no entry for Xian Jason Electronics ¶4. Background research on the web did not uncover any web presence for Xian Jason Electronics. Jason Electronics is a Singapore based company (www.jason.com.sg),however, that company's web site does not list any mainland China locations. ¶5. On August 17, 2009, FCS Commercial Assistant Carrie Chan attempted to reach the company and arrange a meeting. A Ms. Lau answered the phone. Ms. Lau declined to identify her company's name although she confirmed that the phone number (provided to ECO by OEA) corresponds to an electronics trading company in Hong Kong. She claimed ignorance of Xian Jason Electronics and expressed her frustration that other companies were using her mailing address without informing her. Ms. Lau later stated that she had checked with some of her mainland Chinese clients, none of whom stated that they knew Jason Electronics. Ms. Lau further stated that one of those clients told her that a friend may have ordered this particular part, presumably for delivery to Ms. Lau's business address. ¶6. On August 20, 2009, ECO went to visit the purported address for Xian Jason Electronics. It corresponds to the address for Techpro Technology HK Co. Ltd. That company was the subject of a prior unfavorable EUC in which a Ms. Lau from Techpro provided what the ECO believes to be false information concerning another, unrelated order. ¶7. Based on the information detailed heren, ECO believes Xian Jason Electronics to be an unsuitable recipient of U.S. origin controlled commodities. ECO recommends a close review of all shipments to the World Tech Center address noted above as well as any shipments to Techpro Technology HK Co. Ltd. MARUT