00:05I pass a sentence of imprisonment for 9 months for count 3, 18 months for count 5, reduced from 2
00:15years to allow for totality, and 8 months for count 7.
00:20Those sentences are all concurrent to one another to further allow for totality, but consecutive to the sentence for rape.
00:30The sentence I pass on count 6, rape, is 9 years imprisonment.
00:36So the total sentence is one of 10 years, 6 months.
00:40The few days you have already served will count.
00:44You will serve two-thirds of that sentence, then be released on licence, and will be liable to be recalled
00:51into custody if you breach its terms.
00:54On your release, you will also be indefinitely subject to the notification requirements under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
01:03Would you go with the officers, please?
01:06Who is Alice Huang?
01:08Here's what we know about the Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.
01:12Alice Huang has been photographed at various industry events in Taiwan and Shanghai with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
01:21The Financial Times reported last week that the two had a romantic relationship,
01:26and the New York Times also reported last month that Alice Huang herself was under investigation by the US government
01:33on suspicion of being a Chinese intelligence asset, who was using her close relationship with Jensen Huang
01:39to pass on information to Chinese intelligence services.
01:42So Alice Huang is a former Chinese investment management firm's executive,
01:47who later became the managing director of the Singaporean data and cloud services firm Megaspeed.
01:55And before she worked in the investment world in Shanghai,
01:59she was also a state media journalist for four years in China.
02:04Megaspeed is one of NVIDIA's sort of official cloud partners,
02:08and they have been buying lots of advanced semiconductor chips from NVIDIA.
02:13And since last year, the US government has been investigating Megaspeed on suspicion of the company
02:19allegedly diverting banned advanced semiconductors to China illegally through smuggling,
02:27though the US investigation has not drawn a conclusion yet.
02:31So Alice Huang has served as managing director of both Megaspeed Singapore
02:34and one of its Indonesian subsidiaries as well, according to official corporate records.
02:40But it's not clear right now who actually remains in control of the company,
02:44because in 2023, all of its controlling shares were transferred to another Singaporean company
02:50called Swift Data, online records show.
02:52The exact nature of Alice Huang's connection to the company now remains unclear,
02:56and the company still hasn't been formally charged with any sort of violation of US export controls.
03:02China's foreign ministry yesterday completely denied allegations that tied Alice Huang to Chinese intelligence,
03:07saying that the US intelligence's accusations were completely groundless, speculative,
03:13and intended to smear China.
03:15And Megaspeed and China throughout denied that the company has any connection with illegal diversion
03:21of NVIDIA chips to Chinese companies through its Singapore and Southeast Asian subsidiaries.
03:27Whereas NVIDIA, on the same day that CEO Jensen Huang sent a public letter
03:32admitting his infidelity without mentioning Alice Huang personally,
03:36the company also launched an internal investigation over the nature of Huang's interactions with Alice Huang.
03:44And although the company has said so far it's gained no information to suppose
03:49that Huang exchanged confidential business secrets with Alice Huang.
