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NSB says it will `assist' Hsiao if he agrees to clam up
MUM'S THE WORD:
The National Security Bureau said it would speak to prosecutors on Hsiao Tai-fu's behalf if he agreed to stop divulging information
By Jimmy Chuang
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, Page 3
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"We sincerely hope that he will do something about it. Then the bureau can help him out with regard to his indictment."
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from a National Security Bureau statement
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The National Security Bureau (NSB) issued a press release yesterday calling on retired deputy section director Hsiao Tai-fu (蕭台福) to cease divulging what it says is classified information in return for the bureau asking prosecutors and judges to reduce the charges against him.
Hsiao has been charged by Taipei prosecutors with violating the Classified National Security Information Protection Act (國家機密保護法).
The bureau urged Hsiao to demonstrate the loyalty it said was an important quality for secret agents.
The NSB also said that some of the content of Hsiao's book was far from the truth.
The press release said that high-ranking officials from the bureau had talked to Hsiao before his book was published and tried to persuade him not to go ahead with it. Since Hsiao had ignored this advice, the bureau said it was carrying out damage control.
"What qualifies as `classified information' is outlined clearly in the Classified National Security Information Protection Act [國家機密保護法]. Hsiao is familiar with the content of that law since he was one of the highest-ranking officials at the NSB," the press release read.
The bureau said Hsiao had already damaged his own credibility and endangered active secret agents.
"We sincerely hope that he will do something about it. Then the bureau can help him out with regards to his indictment," the press release read.
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