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Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said on Oct. 29 that confidential naval information was not leaked in a recent espionage case and no members of the armed forces currently serving are involved.
The ministry's remarks referred to a report in the Taiwan edition of the Chinese-language Apple Daily on Monday that Chang Chi-hsin, a retired commander and the head of the Naval Meteorological and Oceanographic Office's Warfare Department, together with seven other naval officers allegedly sold classified information to China on Taiwan's submarines — including how they were deployed, their positions and other maritime information. The story quoted an anonymous analyst and reported that Taiwan's submarines could be immediately hunted down whenever they left port.
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