Chinese jailed in US over encryption smuggling bid

A court in California sentenced a Chinese national to eight years in prison for trying to smuggle military encryption technology by ship from the United States to Macau and Hong Kong. Handing down the sentence at a hearing in San Diego, California, District Judge Roger Benitez said Chi Tony Kuok "chose to surreptitiously damage (US) national security for this country by his actions."
Kuok was found guilty by a federal jury on May 11 of "conspiracy to export defence articles without a license and smuggle goods from the United States, smuggling goods from the United States, attempting to export defence articles without a license, and money laundering," according to the justice department.