Taiwan detained four military officials including a retired Air Force captain and three active military officers in the city of Kaohsiung on suspicion of spying for China, the Taiwanese Central News Agency reported on Thursday. A total of seven individuals were brought for questioning amongst which three were released on bail of 100,000 to 200,000 Taiwan dollars ($3,260).
After the questioning, the prosecutor detained the retired Air Force captain Li, one commander Sun and two lieutenant commanders Liu and Kung, ANI reported.
As per reports, the prosecutor said that Liu began his business in China after retiring from the force in 2013 and then was recruited as a spy to recruit active military officers in the Air and Navy forces.
He was believed to have recruited at least six military officers for rewards of 200,000 to 7,000 Taiwan dollars from Beijing.