A Tokyo court has convicted a Chinese researcher for leaking sensitive technology to a Chinese firm, fueling concerns about intellectual property theft.
On Feb. 25, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Quan Hengdao, a former senior researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), to a suspended prison term of two years and six months, Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported. He was also fined 2 million yen (about $13,300) for breaking Japan’s Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
