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BEIJING (China Daily / ANN): A mainland Chinese spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday (November 25) that Tony Shih, an academic from Taiwan, was sentenced to four years in prison for espionage by a district court in Anhui province.
Shih, 60, a retired associate professor at National Taiwan Normal University, has been collecting intelligence information for the island’s authorities for years through academic exchange activities on the mainland.
In addition to the four-year prison term, Shih was also deprived of his political rights for two years and had his personal property worth 20,000 yuan confiscated in the first trial, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office. of the State Council, at a press conference in Beijing.
The court tried the case strictly in accordance with the law and fully guaranteed his rights to litigation, he said.
Other Taiwanese residents suspected of espionage who have been detained by mainland China include Lee Meng-chu, director of the United Nations Taiwan Alliance (a “Taiwan independence” organization), who was investigated for involvement in the espionage and intervening in Hong Kong affairs.
On the other hand, Cheng Yu-chin, a scholar from Taiwan, established a group of experts in the Czech Republic and used academic exchanges as a cover to spy on the Chinese mainland and gather intelligence, according to CCTV reports.
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