Former Taiwanese Colonel Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence for Spying for China
A Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lands at an air force base in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, on April 9, 2023. Jameson Wu/AFP via Getty Images
A high court in Taiwan’s southern Kaohsiung City has convicted a retired air force colonel of operating an espionage network on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Liu Sheng-shu was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Oct. 25 for his espionage activities carried out from 2013 to 2021.
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Mary Hong is a former Epoch Times reporter based in Taiwan. She covered China news, U.S.–China relations, and human rights issues.