Frontier Services Group denies U.S. allegations on training Chinese military pilots (updated)

Frontier Services

13/06/2023 16:40

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       June 13 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based Frontier Services
Group Ltd  0500.HK  on Tuesday denied allegations it provided
training to Chinese military pilots using Western and NATO
personnel, adding it was unaware of any reason for its inclusion
in an export control list.
    The security and aviation company, previously run by
Blackwater founder Erik Prince, was added to an export control
list by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S.
Department of Commerce. 
        "We have never been contacted by the Bureau," Frontier
said in a statement.     
  
        "We would like to reiterate that since Mr. Prince's
resignation, he has not been involved in any of the Group's
business activities, and there is no ongoing relationship
between Mr. Prince and the Group," it said.
  
        Frontier also clarified that Prince did not own more
than a 5% stake in the company. 
  
        The Biden administration on Monday added 43 entities, 31
of which were Chinese, to an export control list, restricting
them from receiving U.S. exports for activities deemed contrary
to U.S. interests.
  
        The list also included companies that acquired
U.S.-origin items in support of China's military modernization
such as hypersonic weapons development and hypersonic flight
modeling, the Commerce Department had said.
  
        
  

 (Reporting by Harish Sridharan in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil
D'Silva)
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