The High Court today upheld a district court ruling that three former officials from the Military Intelligence Bureau serve a sentence of at least 10 months in prison in their second trial for organizing a spy ring and passing secret intelligence on to China.
The ruling can be appealed.
The Taipei District Court last year sentenced retired colonel Chang Chao-jan (張超然) to 18 months in prison, while retired major general Yueh Chih-chung (岳志忠) and retired colonel Chou Tien-tzu (周天慈) were sentenced to 10 months and 14 months respectively.
Photo: Taipei Times
The three were found guilty of organizing a spy ring and passing secret intelligence on to China after their retirement.
Another retired colonel implicated in the case, Wang Ta-wang (王大旺), was found not guilty and acquitted due to a lack of evidence, the court said.
The four former military officers in February 2021 were indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office on charges of contravening the National Intelligence Service Act (國家情報工作法) and the National Security Act (國家安全法).
The charges included leaking information about Taiwan’s intelligence sources, organizations and personnel, and setting up a spy ring on behalf of China.
Chang, who called himself Taiwan’s “first special agent,” denied he spied for China.
He said the reason why he was accused of being a spy is because Chou and Wang told the prosecutors that while being questioned.
They have apologized to me, he said.
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