SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   WASHINGTON, D.C.

          Litigation Release No.  15963 / October 29, 1998

          Securities and Exchange Commission v. Alcohol Sensors
          International, Ltd.
          Civil No. 98-CV-02613 (D.D.C.) (filed October 28,1998)

          On October 28, 1998, the Commission filed a complaint in the
          United States District Court for the District of Columbia against
          Alcohol Sensors International, Ltd. ("Alcohol Sensors").  The
          complaint alleges that Alcohol Sensors, a company that markets
          automotive safety products whose securities are quoted in the
          pink sheets and is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, failed to
          make available to the investing public current and accurate
          information about its financial condition and results of
          operation through the filing of periodic reports with the
          Commission as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          ("Exchange Act").  Specifically, the complaint alleges that
          Alcohol Sensors has not filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
          the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, its Quarterly Reports on
          Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30,
          1998 and two Notifications of Late Filing with respect to its
          delinquent reports.  The Commission seeks to compel Alcohol
          Sensors to file its delinquent periodic reports and enjoin
          Alcohol Sensors from further violations of Section 13(a) of the
          Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 12b-25, 13a-1 and 13a-13
          thereunder.  Simultaneously with the filing of the Commission's
          complaint, Alcohol Sensors consented to the entry of a Final
          Judgment granting the relief sought by the Commission and
          admitted that it had not filed the periodic reports as described
          above.