/ Staff Writer, with CNAThe Supreme Administrative Court has upheld a ruling that a retired military intelligence officer must return pension payments totaling about NT$1.66 million （US$53,528） after being convicted of leaking military secrets to an intermediary who passed them on to China.
Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Scholars and lawmakers in Taiwan suggested on Tuesday that the government consider reinstating military trials during peacetime or amending laws to better deter military espionage after an Army colonel was indicted Tuesday for working for China.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday pardoned retired army general Han Yu-ping (韓豫平) and army sergeant Chang Yu-sen (張淯森), who were sentenced to prison for using NT$2,880 (US$98.43 at the current exchange rate) from a bonus payment to pay for a banquet for members of their unit.
The presidential pardon revoked their conviction on corruption charges, to confirm with the principle of proportionality between crime and punishment, and in recognition of their service to the nation, Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said.
Han and Chang Yu-sen were stationed at the Hualien and Taitung Defense Command in 2015, as chief of staff and
‘ERROR IN JUDGEMENT’: The general’s four-year prison sentence for using NT$2,880 to pay for a dinner with soldiers did not fit the crime, a government spokesperson saidBy Lee Hsin-fang / Staff reporter, with CNA
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers and legal experts yesterday demanded tougher laws and punishments for fraud that affects national security.
The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology on Wednesday denied that national security was compromised after Mirror Media magazine reported that two local contractors, Onsen Taiwan Cosmetics Corp (昂神國際) and Burnaby Light Technology Corp (勳章科技), which were involved in the production of indigenous Tien Kung (“Sky Bow”) missiles, had for their own gain allegedly used inferior silicone rectifiers sourced from China in its ignition systems.
“The contractors allegedly made illegal profits of more than NT$100 million [US$3.59 million], by using poor-quality and