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Agence France-Presse

A retired Taiwanese lieutenant colonel was sentenced to four years in prison for spying for mainland China, a court said Thursday, in the latest of a spate of espionage allegations involving the two sides as tensions grow.
Tu Yung-hsin was convicted on Wednesday of violating Taiwan’s national security laws by trying to build a spy network for Beijing and recruit another lieutenant colonel by giving him money and gifts.
That colonel, Tsai Liang-chung, was not charged as he refused Tu’s request to film a video pledging loyalty to Beijing and turned in the money he received to the authorities, according to a statement by New Taipei District Court.
Tu can appeal the ruling and remains free for now.
Taiwan accuses Beijing of ‘malicious sensationalism’ after state TV broadcast of ‘spy’s confession’
The case came as mainland state media said Beijing’s security agents had cracked down on “hundreds” of spying cases linked to Taiwan and arrested “a batch of Taiwanese spies and their accomplices”.
The state broadcaster CCTV has also aired four television “confessions” by Taiwanese detained on the mainland.
Beijing regards Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to one day bring the self-ruled island back into the fold, by force if must.
It has ramped up pressure since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen who regards the island as a de facto sovereign nation.
Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang on Tuesday accused Beijing of “creating terror” with its recent state media reports and televised confessions.
China says it has foiled Taiwan spy plots and accuses suspect of backing Hong Kong protests
The alleged Taiwanese spies included Czech-educated scholar Cheng Yu-chin, who was arrested in April 2019, according to CCTV.
His appearance on TV came weeks after a visit to Taiwan by a group of Czech politicians which infuriated Beijing.
On Thursday, Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily published a letter warning Taiwanese intelligence agents against “playing with fire”.
“Our country’s national security agencies have firm will, ample confidence and sufficient capabilities to beat and severely punish any infiltration activity by Taiwan’s intelligence units,” it said.


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Tu Yung-hsin found guilty trying to build a spy network for Beijing
Conviction comes as Beijing says it has cracked down on ‘hundreds’ of spying cases linked to the island



Tu Yung-hsin found guilty trying to build a spy network for Beijing.


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Taiwanese retired colonel given four-year sentence for spying for mainland China

Tu Yung-hsin found guilty trying to build a spy network for Beijing Conviction comes as Beijing says it has cracked down on ‘hundreds’ of spying cases linked to the island

Tu Yung-hsin found guilty trying to build a spy network for Beijing

Conviction comes as Beijing says it has cracked down on ‘hundreds’ of spying cases linked to the island