Taiwan: Former military officers sentenced to prison over spying for China
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A Taiwanese court has sentenced three former officials from the Military Intelligence Bureau to at least 10 months in prison, on Friday (Sep 6)after they were found guilty of creating a spy ring and passing secret intelligence to China followingtheir retirement.
The suspect Chang Chao-jan has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, while former Major General Yueh Chih-chung and retired colonel Chou Tien-tzu were sentenced to 10 months and 14 months respectively.
However, their cases can still be appealed.
The other retired colonel implicated in the spy case, Wang Ta-wang was found not guilty and acquitted due to a lack of evidence, the Taipei Court stated.
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The four former military officers were indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office for alleged violations of the National Intelligence Service Law and the National Security Act.
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The formerofficers were charged with leaking information about Taiwan's intelligence sources, organisations, and personnel, and developing a spy ring on behalf of China.
Officers lured into spying, offering cash rewards and free trips
According to the prosecutors, Chang, Yueh, and Chou were recruited by Chinese intelligence, offering business incentives, cash rewards, and free trips, after their retirement.
The indictment stated that Chang was recruited when he travelled to China to help a former colleague arrested by the Chinese authorities in 1999. Later, he instructed the arrangement of trips for other retired military intelligence officers to visit China. These people would be either asked or "forced" to provide sensitive information.
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Yueh was recruited by Chang in 2012 when he wanted to visit relatives in China but was worried about being arrested by the Chinese authorities because of his former work, the prosecutor said.
Chang assured Yueh that he could return to Taiwan safely if he gave intelligence information to a Chinese intelligence officer, which he agreed to do.
However, Chou began working for the Chinese authorities after becoming involved in a real estate dispute in China's Hainan Province that year.
Moreover, Wang was also suspected of having been recruited through Chang, and shared information about his colleagues during a trip to China, according to prosecutors.
(With inputs from agencies)
