Chinese Spy Impersonated Epoch Times Reporter in Taiwan Plot: Prosecutors

The Chinese intelligence officer met a Taiwanese soldier through a dating app.
Chinese Spy Impersonated Epoch Times Reporter in Taiwan Plot: Prosecutors
Navy soldiers patrol near the naval base of Tamshui, Taipei county, on Jan. 13, 2004. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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Eva Fu
Eva Fu
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Chinese spy pretended to be an Epoch Times reporter in a scheme to recruit military officers and gain national security intelligence in Taiwan, prosecutors say.

The woman, an intelligence officer in the Chinese armed police stationed in northern Chinese province Shanxi, had claimed to be a reporter for the Hong Kong bureau of The Epoch Times, according to Taiwan prosecutors.

Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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