TAIPEI: Taiwan's military vowed on Wednesday (Aug 2) to step up counter-espionage efforts as authorities investigated several serving and former military officers suspected of spying for China. China, which is pressing the island to accept its sovereignty, has in recent years mounted a sustained espionage
TAIPEI: Taiwan's military vowed on Wednesday to step up counter-espionage efforts as authorities investigated several serving and former military officers suspected of spying for China.
A lieutenant colonel surnamed Hsiao, based in the army's Aviation and Special Forces Command, had been detained on suspicion of leaking defence secrets to"foreign forces including China" and"developing organisations" in Taiwan, the official Central News Agency reported. The defence ministry said in a statement authorities had gathered"concrete evidence" of illegal activities.
Responding to a question about the reports at a press conference, Deputy Secretary-General to the Presidential Office Alex Huang said the incident was"shameless" and called for thorough investigations.
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