Taiwan’s
Defense Ministry says a retired naval officer has been arrested on suspicion of
spying for China.
A statement released by the ministry on Monday says Chinese
intelligence made contact with Cmdr. Chang Chih-hsin through unidentified
Taiwanese intermediaries.
he ministry denies media reports that Chang had leaked
secretive submarine nautical charts or war plans to the Chinese.
The ministry says it was tipped off by informers.
Authorities say they had investigated him even before his retirement, which
newspaper reports say was in August.
Taiwan
and China have
spied on each other since the sides split amid civil war in 1949. Their
espionage efforts have continued despite a marked decrease in tensions between
them during the 4 ½-year administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou.
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