Taiwan Jails Army Officer Tagged As China Spy

Taiwan has detained an army officer and several collaborators on suspicion of handing military secrets to China, Simina Mistreanu reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Photo Insert: The defense ministry said Wednesday that a lieutenant colonel surnamed Hsieh and other defendants were suspected of having been recruited by China to leak national defense secrets.

The defense ministry said Wednesday that a lieutenant colonel surnamed Hsieh and other defendants were suspected of having been recruited by China to leak national defense secrets.

Hsieh is also accused of developing a spy organization of current and retired military personnel tasked with collecting intelligence for China, the Taipei Times reported, quoting unnamed prosecutors with Taiwan’s High Prosecutors Office.

A retired army major and three other people have also been questioned in the case and released on bail between 20,000 New Taiwan Dollars ($630) and 600,000 New Taiwan Dollars ($19,000), according to the Taipei Times.

Last month, Taiwanese authorities detained five people, including a Chinese yo-yo instructor, on suspicion of spying for China.

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