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The prosecutor in the trial of a Dutch businessman suspected of illegally exporting material that could be used in the manufacture of an atomic bomb on Friday requested an 18-month prison sentence, news reports said. Businessman Henk Slebos, who is close to the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has been charged with exporting the material to Pakistan between 1999 and 2002. The ANP news agency said prosecutor Julia Horzinek asked the court at Alkmaar to suspend six months of the requested sentence but to also slap a 100,000-euro (120,000-dollar) fine on Slebos, and fines of 250,000 euros on his two companies. She asked that a suspected accomplice, Zoran Filipovic, who worked for Slebos, pay a 20,000-euro fine and do 240 hours of community work. Slebos and Filipovic have denied the charges and told the court the material did not need an export license. The verdict was expected on November 18. All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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