Can’t resist the temptation of tea fee! Two Army sergeants became communist spies and were sued for leaking pay rolls and maintenance technical manuals

Huang Yanjun, a corporal of the Army Infantry Brigade, and Li Jiazhou, a Sergeant of the Aviation Brigade, were allegedly lured by Chinese people they met through the Internet and received a total of NT$470,000 in remuneration by delivering army pay rolls, combat training materials and maintenance technical manuals respectively. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office today prosecuted two people for violating the Corruption Crime Ordinance, the National Security Law and leaking secrets. Huang was also charged with violating the Personal Data Protection Act. Both people are currently in custody.

The lawsuit pointed out that Huang Yanjun met a Chinese person "A" through the Internet from 2023 to early 2024. Because he had a financial gap, the other party promised to get 30,000 yuan in "tea fees" as long as he provided personal information. Huang sent his personal information and military ID card through Messenger in February 2024, and after proving his military status, he received NT$30,000 on the same day.

The prosecutor's investigation revealed that because Huang was in charge of the military's financial and administrative affairs, he held a pay roll for military personnel that recorded the names and ID numbers of his colleagues. He knew that matters and personal information that should be kept confidential were involved, but he still collected undisclosed information from the military between March 2024 and February 2025. , combat training-related information and comrades' personal information documents, after reprinting or obtaining electromagnetic records, and then transmitted to "A" and other overseas hostile forces through Messenger, 400,000 yuan was successively collected, and together with the previous "tea fee", a total profit of 430,000 yuan was made.

Another defendant, Li Jiazhou, met Chinese national "B" through Facebook in December 2023. Also due to a financial gap, he was suspected of using official computers in his aviation team to spy on and collect undisclosed maintenance technical manuals, also known as "technical orders" and other documents that should be kept confidential.

After Li downloaded the information to his mobile phone, he then sent it to "B" and other overseas hostile forces through Telegram at his residence, and the other party remitted a total reward of NT$40,000 to the financial account designated by Li.

The whole case was investigated by Beijing Prosecutor Gao Zhaoyou and commanded by the Shilin Military Police. After the investigation, two people were prosecuted on suspicion of accepting bribes in violation of their duties, collecting or delivering official secret information for Chinese and overseas hostile forces, and leaking secrets other than national defense.