BASF Workers in Taiwan Suspected of Leaking Company Secrets to Chinese Firm

BASF Workers in Taiwan Suspected of Leaking Company Secrets to Chinese Firm
Flags with the logo of German chemicals company BASF flutter in front of the company's headquarters in Ludwigshafen, western Germany on Feb. 24, 2017. Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images
Reuters
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TAIPEI/FRANKFURT—Taiwan is investigating six current and former employees of BASF’s local operations suspected of leaking corporate secrets to a rival Chinese company, an official said on Jan. 7.

Five employees were detained and one had been granted bail by a court, Lu Sung Hao, Taipei-based director of Taiwan’s Crime Investigation Bureau, told Reuters. The prosecution has not filed any charges against them.