Taipei, Jan. 30 (CNA) The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized an 11-year prison sentence for an ex-Air Force colonel who recruited spies for China while on active duty, but remanded charges involving the leak of military secrets back to a lower court.
Former Colonel Chang Ming-che (張銘哲) served as a department director at the Air Force Academy before being discharged for his involvement in an espionage case — first exposed by the media last June — according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND) at the time.
According to Taichung prosecutors, Chang received NT$1.34 million (US$42,608) from his handlers between 2019 and 2023, with some monthly payments reaching NT$65,000, for…