>>Chinese National Sentenced to 6 Months for Espionage in Newport News
(Newport News, VA) -- It seems a judge doesn't think espionage by a Chinese national who flew a drone over Navy ships in Newport News is particularly serious. Richard Stelling with more.Preview: Voicer Script:
Chinese national graduate student Fengyun Shi [[Fain-yooun She]] has been sentenced to six months in prison for taking drone footage of Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. The footage captured U.S. Navy vessels, violating the Espionage Act. WAVY reports Shi's sentence will run concurrently for both counts, meaning he will only be in prison for six months. The incident occurred when the drone got stuck in a tree outside the shipbuilding facility.