Overview
- Taipei District Court convicted the four under the Classified National Security Information Protection Act for leaking state secrets to Chinese agents.
- Huang Chu-jung received 10 years, Ho Jen-chieh 8 years and 2 months, Chiu Shih-yuan 6 years and 2 months, and Wu Shang-yu 4 years.
- The defendants included a former aide to President Lai Ching-te and a senior staffer to then–foreign minister Joseph Wu.
- The court said Huang blended public material with confidential foreign affairs data from Ho to produce reports sent via encrypted software, including details such as senior officials’ itineraries.
- Huang and Chiu were also found guilty of laundering roughly NT$7.2 million, and prosecutors who sought longer terms say they may appeal as Taiwan intensifies espionage prosecutions, including 64 cases in 2024.