Chinese man sentenced in Aegis secrets case

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Chinese man sentenced in Aegis secrets case
By Gillian Flaccus - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 25, 2008 12:29:17 EDT

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Chinese-born engineer convicted of conspiracy to export U.S. defense technology to China has been sentenced to 24½ years in federal prison.

Chi Mak, 67, who worked on naval propulsion systems, also was convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, attempting to violate export control laws and making false statements to the FBI.

Federal prosecutors asked for 30 years, while Mak’s defense team proposed 10 years.

Mak asked U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney for leniency before sentencing Monday. Four of Mak’s relatives, including his wife, pleaded guilty last year to related offenses in exchange for leniency.

“I don’t know so much about the law, but I feel I never intend to violate any law at all. I never intend to hurt my country. I love this country. I don’t believe I hurt this country,” Mak told the judge. “The truth is not like the one the prosecutor says. I still hope for justice.”


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