22, 2022, at 4:09 a.m. TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged a senior military officer with corruption and harming state security after they said he took bribes from a Chinese agent to act as a spy and even signed a letter promising to surrender to China.
China-Taiwan Conflict: Taiwan has long battled against what it calls a sustained espionage campaign run by China.
Prosecutors in Taiwan said they had charged a senior military officer with corruption and harming state security. The prosecutors said that the officer took bribes from a Chinese agent to act as a spy and even signed a letter promising to surrender to China, CNN reported.
Taiwan has long fought what it calls a sustained espionage campaign to undermine Taiwan’s armed forces China, regards Taiwan as a “sacred” part of its territory.
The prosecutor’s office in Taiwan’s Kaohsiung city said they were seeking a 12-year sentence for an army colonel who had received approximately $18,000 in bribes from a Chinese agent over the previous four years.
The officer persuaded the colonel, who was considering leaving the military, to stay so he could gradually rise through the ranks and act as a spy.
According to the office, the colonel signed a letter promising to surrender if war broke out with China.
Taiwan’s defense ministry said, “This case highlights that the Chinese communists have become a serious threat against us when it comes to infiltrating, recruitment, collection of intelligence, and theft of secrets.”
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