Former Sergeant's Sentencing Adjusted in Military China Spying Case

A court has adjusted the sentence of a former military police sergeant in an alleged four-person spy ring that sold military secrets to China.

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00:00A Taipei court has upheld the sentences for three ex-military officers convicted of selling

00:06electronic warfare secrets to China. One other officer's prison time was slightly reduced.

00:13The four admitted to transferring the classified information between 2022 and 2024 in return for

00:19up to $22,000. They each received initial sentences of between five and seven years.

00:25All four appealed, but only one. A former military police star sergeant at the presidential office

00:31had their sentence reduced by a month. A further appeal is still possible.