Taipei Times
AsiaPac · 3 mins ago
DPP staffer sentenced 10 years for espionage
By Weng Ching-you and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA The High Court yesterday sentenced former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) staffer Huang Chu-jung (黃取榮) to 10 years in prison for developing an espionage network for China.The court ordered the confiscation of NT$4.1 million (US$127,416) in illicit gains. The ruling can be appealed. A police officer escorts former Democratic Progressive Party staffer Huang Chu-jung, left, in an undated photograph. Photo: Liu Yong-yun, Taipei Times Investigators allege that Huang was recruited by Chinese intelligence agents while conducting business in China.He recruited Chiu Shih-yuan (邱世元), the former deputy director of the DPP’s Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, the indictment said. Huang and Chiu approached Ho Jen-chieh (何仁傑),
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