M'sian pen drive pioneer faces two-year jail in Taiwan, to appeal

Malaysian Pua Khein-Seng, a pioneer of pen drive technology, is facing two years imprisonment in Taiwan for allegedly misrepresenting the financial reports of Phison Electronics Corp to regulatory authorities.

Pua is the chairperson of Phison Electronics Corp which produces controllers for NAND flash memory chips used in flash drives and solid-state drives.

The Taiwan Hsinchu District Court on Oct 29 sentenced Pua to...