Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/02
By: Lin Chang-shun, Matt Yu and Chung Yu-chen
Taipei, Aug. 2 (CNA) Taiwan's new top intelligence chief Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) vowed Friday to
New National Security Bureau Director-General Chiu Kuo-cheng
Chiu, who recently took over as National Security Bureau (NSB) director-general following the resignation of his predecessor Peng Sheng-chu (彭勝竹) in the wake of the scandal, made the declaration at his first press conference as NSB head.
According to Chiu, any NSB staff involved will be given punishments ranging from a demerit to reassignment, though he did not mention the possibility of dismissals.
NSB agents Wu Tsung-hsien (吳宗憲) and Chang Heng-chia (張恒嘉), who were seconded to the Office of Aide-de-camp under the Presidential Office have been detained by prosecutors. The two men are accused of trying to smuggle about 9,800 cartons of cigarettes into the country duty-free using President Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) July 22 return from an oversea visit as cover.
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