TSU lawmakers asked prosecutors to charge PFP Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) and several other PFP members under the Criminal Code, alleging they disclosed classified information on national security.
The TSU says it has evidence that Soong, along with PFP law-makers Diane Lee (李慶安), Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋) and Liu Wen-hsiung (劉文雄), could have been behind the recent leak to the media of sensitive information contained in National Security Bureau (NSB) documents.
TSU lawmaker Lo Chih-ming (
The TSU members urged the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office to launch an investigation into the matter.
Under Article 109 of the Criminal Code, a person who discloses or delivers a document, or any other form of secret information concerning national defense, should be sentenced to between one year and seven years in prison.
In addition, Article 111 states that a person who searches out or gathers such information should also be imprisoned.
The China Times and Next magazine reported two weeks ago that two secret NSB accounts, worth NT$3.5 billion, were set up during the administration of former president Lee Teng-hui (
The funds were used to foster Taiwan's diplomatic ties and engage in under-the-table research on international affairs, according to the reports.
Officials have acknowledged that the leak has harmed national security and has threatened the country's diplomatic endeavors.
After the media revelation, the PFP held a press conference on March 20 to acknowledge that it also received a copy of the confidential documents in question.
PFP lawmakers publicly displayed the disk, along with a seven-page report which detailed classified information on national defense and foreign affairs.
The PFP lawmakers' actions prompted the DPP and TSU to suspect that Soong is the mastermind behind the revelations.
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