After @Reuters reported the risk of Chinese spy infiltration of #Taiwan's military, Taiwan's Defense Minister said on Wednesday that he has confidence in Taiwan's ability to trigger the inspection mechanisms when any suspicious activities were reported. cna.com.tw/news/firstnews…
Chiou Kuo-Cheng said during a parliamentary committee session that the first step is to achieve the concept of self-defense and defense against spies and to strengthen the awareness of officers and soldiers through education and educational opportunities.
He said the most important thing is to identify the threat early and he said the national army has a counter-intelligence mechanism for these situations. "Officers and soldiers have a very good habit, as long as they think something is not quite right, ...
... they will inform the Ministry of National Defense and the ministry will start the investigation. The military has been very thorough in this regard and I have confidence in them," Chiou added.

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