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Subject: [ISN] ROC Air Force officer detained on espionage charges
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2013-10-28 5:07:22
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1310280507120.2407 () infosecnews ! org
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CNA
2013-10-27
A Taiwanese Air Force officer has been taken into custody on charges of
espionage, the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office's Kaohsiung branch said on
Saturday.
The officer, identified only by his family name Hau, was accused of having
sold classified information about E-2K Airborne Early Warning aircraft to
China through a Taiwanese businessman operating across the strait.
Major Hau was part of the Air Force 439 Wing's electronic warfare squadron
at the Pingtung air base in southern Taiwan. He was seen acting
suspiciously in June and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) asked the
Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau to assist in a probe into his
activities.
Led by the Kaohsiung prosecutors' office, investigators found that Hau had
given the China-based Taiwanese businessman classified information to pass
on to Chinese personnel.
The businessman, identified by his surname Wan, allegedly paid Hau more
than NT$100,000 (US$3,400) for the information, according to the
prosecutors' office.
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