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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》DPP staffer sentenced 10 years for espionage
A police officer escorts former Democratic Progressive Party staffer Huang Chu-jung, left, in an undated photograph. Photo: Liu Yong-yun, Taipei Times
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.
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）, a former assistant to then-minister of foreign affairs Joseph Wu （吳釗燮）, and former Presidential Office consultant Wu Shang-yu （吳尚雨） to assist in leaking classified information about the president and vice president’s diplomatic visits, prosecutors said.
Huang and Chiu were paid NT$6.08 million and NT$2.22 million respectively, prosecutors said.
The pair was accused of leaking confidential information to Chinese intelligence agencies, including details of vice presidential trips overseas and election-related schedules, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ contingency measures in the event of a diplomatic ally severing ties with Taiwan.
The four were indicted for contravening the National Security Act （國家安全法） by providing government secrets to China, leaking and relaying sensitive information under the Classified National Security Information Protection Act （國家機密保護法） and money laundering under the Money Laundering Control Act （洗錢防制法）.
In the first trial in the case, the Taipei District Court sentenced Huang to 10 years in prison for contravening the Classified National Security Information Protection Act.
The High Court last month reduced that sentence to six years.
For Huang’s alleged breach of the National Security Act, the High Court yesterday sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
The collegial bench determined that Huang had targeted two people to expand his organization, resulting in one successful and one failed attempt, the presiding judge said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
