Two Chinese men plead guilty to photographing US Navy base

Two Chinese men pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally taking photographs at a US Navy base in Florida.

Court records show Zhang Jielun and Wang Yuhao, both 24, pleaded guilty in federal court in Key West to a single count of illegally photographing a US defence installation.

They could get up to a year in prison and a US$100,000 fine. Sentencing is set for May 11.

An FBI affidavit says Wang and Zhang drove up to a Key West Naval Air Station annex entrance on January 4 and were told by a security officer they could not enter the property without military identification.

But the FBI says the two drove onto the base anyway and started taking pictures before they were stopped and arrested.