EDITORIAL: Understanding infiltrationA CTi News reporter surnamed Lin (林) was on Jan. 17 detained and held incommunicado by the Ciaotou Prosecutors’ Office for allegedly funneling money from China into bribes to entice active-duty and retired military personnel to hand over sensitive information. The prosecutors’ office said it executed search warrants on Lin, and nine active and retired military personnel, on Jan. 16. They detained Lin and five others incommunicado for alleged contraventions of the National Security Act (國家安全法) and the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例) after questioning. News about Taiwanese — particularly military personnel — indicted on charges of involvement with Chinese infiltration and espionage is no longer rare in Taiwan. For someone like Lin to be detained for alleged involvement in Chinese infiltration is fairly rare.

Source: Taipei Times January 25, 2026 16:20 UTC