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'''Bernard Favre d'Echallens''' (born in 1950) is a French businessman. He has been in [[South Korea]] since 2000 as President and CEO of [[Thales Group|Thales Korea]], the local Korean subsidiary of the international defense and commercial electronics group. On 21 March 2006<ref name="Frenchman faces trial next month over SKorean military documents">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/199205/1/.html|title=Frenchman faces trial next month over SKorean military documents|work=[[Channelnewsasia.com]]|accessdate=2006-08-02}}</ref><ref name="Thales man arrested for spying">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4832032.stm|title=Thales man arrested for spying|work=[[BBC News Online]]|accessdate=2006-08-02 | date=2006-03-22}}</ref> he was arrested and charged by a judge in Seoul of spying on South Korean military secrets with two counts of obtaining classified documents concerning radar equipment for the [[South Korean Navy]]. He was facing 15 years in prison during a trial which started in April 2006.<ref name="Businessman Denies Stealing S. Korean Military Secrets">{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1685763&C=asiapac|title=Businessman Denies Stealing S. Korean Military Secrets|work=[[DefenseNews.com]]|accessdate=2006-08-02}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Favre d'Echallens was held in [[Daejeon]], a provincial city 160 kilometres south of Seoul.
A South Korean court dismissed charges on 16 May 2006. Favre d'Echallens was acquitted at his trial in the central city of Daejon; a prosecution official in Daejon said they will appeal against the decision.<ref name="Thales Official Found Not Guilty of Stealing Military Secrets">{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1803910&C=asiapac|title=Thales Official Found Not Guilty of Stealing Military Secrets |work=[[DefenseNews.com]]|accessdate=2006-08-02}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
He was also at the time of his arrest the Treasurer of the French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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