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Three Former Political Aides in Taiwan Arrested on Suspicion of Being Communist Chinese Spies
Epoch Times ^ | 06/19/2020 | Frank Fang

Posted on 06/19/2020 2:23:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Three Taiwanese men who were once aides to local lawmakers have been taken into custody on espionage charges for allegedly passing on confidential information to China.

The three former aides, Lee Yi-hsien, Chen Wei-jen, and Lin Yun-ta, were interrogated by the prosecutor’s office in Taipei on June 18, after local prosecutors and officials from Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau conducted raids at five separate locations, according to local media.

Lee and Chen were detained and held incommunicado for allegedly violating the island’s national security law, after the Taipei District Court granted a request from prosecutors to hold the two suspects, on the grounds that the two could collude or destroy evidence.

Meanwhile, Lin was released after paying NT$100,000 (about $3,375) in bail.

Prosecutors said the three men were directed by Chinese intelligence agents under China’s Ministry of State Security to establish an espionage organization in Taiwan and recruited locals into the group from 2014 to 2018.

Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory, despite the fact that the self-ruled island has its own constitution, military, and democratically-elected officials. Beijing has thus infiltrated Taiwan through various means, such as spreading Chinese propaganda through local social media and enticing locals to become Chinese agents.

According to local media United Daily News, the three men reached out to local reporters who covered the Taiwan government and offered them a monthly stipend of NT$30,000 (about $1,010) or free tourism trips to China, in exchange for information on meetings held by government officials.

In the four years, the three men handed over confidential information from multiple Taiwanese government agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mainland Affairs Council, to Chinese agents, prosecutors alleged. The information included meeting minutes and personnel appointments.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; spying; taiwan

1 posted on 06/19/2020 2:23:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Knee cap em.


2 posted on 06/19/2020 2:28:15 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: SeekAndFind

wow


3 posted on 06/19/2020 2:29:20 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of tihe Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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If Taiwan is truly serious about keeping its freedom and independence from China - they’ll publicly hang these men.


4 posted on 06/19/2020 2:50:25 PM PDT by PGR88
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Drop them from airplanes without parachutes onto the fake Chinese islands in the China Sea.


5 posted on 06/19/2020 4:11:28 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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