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Local, Chinese spies face same penalties


Legislators vote on “motions to amend” made by each legislative caucus regarding draft amendments to the Classified National Security Information Protection Act at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times

Lawmakers yesterday stiffened penalties for people who leak state secrets and approved amendments to ensure that Chinese spies face the same punishment as Republic of China (ROC) citizens who commit “offenses against the external security of the state.”

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China could use force: Pentagon


A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered Type 094A ballistic missile submarine takes part in a military display in the South China Sea on April 12 last year.
Photo: Reuters

China could use force to push Taiwan into unification or into unification dialogue, the Pentagon said in its annual military report on China issued on Thursday.

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Newsflash

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is not supporting any particular candidate in the next presidential election in 2012, Chen’s office said yesterday.

The office said in a statement that some media organizations had apparently misinterpreted comments by the director of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Taipei branch, Huang ­Ching-lin (黃慶林), who told reporters about a conversation with Chen at the Taipei Detention Center on Wednesday.