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The Chinese Communist Party tried to entice officers while Taiwan’s defence ministry was “rampant” in its spying efforts, according to a law proposed by Taiwan’s defense ministry on Monday that could impose a lengthy prison sentence for anyone found guilty of disloyalty to its defense.
Any active military personnel who exhibits commitment to the enemy through words, deeds, photos, electric recordings, scientific and technological methods, etc., will be given a fixed-term sentence of not less than one year and not more than seven years, according to the ministry.
The Chinese navy has recently cracked a number of espionage cases, according to a statement released by the organization.
The Chinese Communist Party’s spy and intelligence gathering activities are “increasingly rampant,” it said.
The Chinese part “uses income, expense, gambling, and other methods to entice and attract active-duty military personnel to warning written contracts, record videos, and perform various duties,” according to the ministry.
A small number of officers and soldiers” dedicated treachery and crimes” and” may be completely punished, it said.
The government was developing a draft article to Article 24 of the Army, Navy, and Air Force’s Criminal Law that had “bolster defenses against the Chinese Communist Party’s penetration and destroy actions against the federal martial.”
After the island’s government has received the notice and constitutional procedures, the article will be reviewed.
In a recent report, the National Security Bureau reported that Chinese people are now facing charges of attempted spying for China, up from 10 in 2022 to 48 in 2022.
Seven retired military personnel were charged last year with violating the terms of the de facto U.S. ambassador in Taipei and with providing China with the location and location of military installations.
