CHICAGO—A 36-year-old Belgian businessman has pleaded not guilty
to trying to ship products that could be used in nuclear-related
programs from a Chicago-area company to Malaysia, via Belgium.
Nicholas Kaiga entered the plea Thursday, standing in a Chicago
federal court in orange jail garb and with his legs shackled.
He's accused of seeking to export aluminum tubes that
prosecutors say are "controlled for nuclear proliferation
purposes" and can be used "in the aerospace industry, among
other applications."  Prosecutors added that a Malaysian company
involved is a "front company" for someone "located at times in
Iran." They didn't elaborate.   Kaiga's lawyer declined comment
Thursday.