The Kaohsiung District Court yesterday handed former Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command General Division commander Chang Pei-ning (張培凝) nearly four years in prison for assisting Hong Kong businessman Hsieh Hsi-chang (謝錫璋) in developing an espionage cell in Taiwan in contravention of the National Security Act (國家安全法).
Starting in 1996, Hsieh and Chinese businessman Zeng Zhaofeng (曾昭峰) infiltrated Taiwan many times on orders of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intelligence branch, seeking to befriend serving or retired military officers via banquets and sports events, the ruling said.
Hsieh introduced mineral ore and timber buyers to Chang, who later agreed to help Hsieh