Former Taiwanese Presidential Guards Indicted for Spying for China

‘China has for a long time used various means to infiltrate, coerce, and suppress Taiwan,’ a presidential office spokesperson said.

Taiwanese sailors salute the island's flag on the deck of the Panshih supply ship after taking part in annual drills, at the Tsoying naval base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Jan. 31, 2018. Mandy Cheng/AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Four former Taiwanese soldiers, including three who once served as armed military guards at the island’s presidential office building, have been indicted on charges related to selling state secrets to communist China, according to the island’s prosecutors and defense ministry.

The Taipei District Prosecutors Office announced the case on Dec. 6, saying that the four defendants had been detained. They are accused of pocketing a combined total of about NT$1.8 million (about $55,600) in connection with the scheme.