Three active-duty officers with Taiwan's military have been indicted for leaking national security information to China in order to pay off personal debts. Their cases join a growing list of espionage cases involving current and former military personnel.
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00:00A new scheme to attract spies for China. Three active duty officers in Taiwan's military
00:07indicted for leaking national security information, allegedly handing it over to a man surnamed
00:12Huang, who was operating an illegal bank targeting financially vulnerable soldiers for loans.
00:19Unable to pay their debts, Huang offered to accept intel instead, which prosecutors say
00:24was then passed on to China. Huang himself remains on the run. It's another espionage
00:30case involving active or former military personnel, what authorities are calling an unfortunate
00:35trend.
00:54It's just one in a growing number of espionage cases involving members and veterans of Taiwan's
01:06military. Prosecutions for crimes related to spying for China have skyrocketed in recent
01:11years, from just 10 in 2022 to 64 last year, two-thirds of which involved current and former
01:18military personnel. In the early months of 2025, there have already been two other highly
01:24publicized cases. Those involved Taiwanese veterans who were paid not only to pass information
01:30to China, but were even planning armed attacks inside Taiwan to be carried out in the event
01:36of a Chinese invasion. Some experts say China's tactics are effective.
01:40As the number of spying cases involving service
01:58members continues to pile up, many are calling for more scrutiny of the vulnerabilities within
02:04Taiwan's military ranks. Joseph Wu and Chris Gorin for Taiwan Plus.
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