Fresh warrant served on trader over illegal export of machine+

YOKOHAMA, July 24 Kyodo -
A fresh arrest warrant was served Friday on a Tokyo trader on suspicion of
illegally exporting to Myanmar a machine that can be used in the development of
missiles, police said.

Ri Gyong Go, 41, president of Toko Boeki trading company in Tokyo's Shinjuku
Ward, is suspected of exporting a small-sized cylindrical grinding machine in
violation of the foreign exchange and foreign trade law.
He allegedly shipped the machine to Myanmar from Nagoya port on Nov. 20, 2008,
without permission from the minister of economy, trade and industry, the police
said.
Ri has admitted to the allegations, they said.
Cylindrical grinders can be used to develop missile control systems and
centrifuge machines for uranium enrichment, the police said. The devices are
used to grind magnets.
Ri was first arrested on June 29 on suspicion of attempting to export also to
Myanmar a separate instrument that can be used to produce weapons without a
government permit.
Ri allegedly received an order for the cylindrical grinder from a North
Korean-affiliated trading house in China. He then placed an order with a
machinery maker in Japan and shipped the device to Myanmar's Ministry of
Industry No.2, according to investigations.
==Kyodo