Taiwan Military Says 62 Service Members Hold Chinese Residence Permits

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Taiwan's defense minister Wellington Koo says 62 service members have been found to hold Chinese residence permits. However, Koo said no military personnel have a Chinese passport or ID card.

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00:00Taiwan's military says it has discovered 62 service members holding Chinese residence

00:05permits. Defense Minister Wellington Kou told lawmakers that none of the personnel in question

00:11hold a Chinese passport or ID card. The military says officers with residence permits can't be

00:17assigned to sensitive areas such as intelligence gathering. Taiwan is seeing an unprecedented

00:23level of espionage cases involving the recruitment of active and former military members.

00:29Kou says plans are underway to reform the military penal code to counter China's espionage efforts.

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