Former DPP Party Worker Huang Chiu-Jung Sentenced to 10 Years for Espionage Network in Presidential Office Case

Huang Chiu-Jung, a former senior party worker of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was recruited by the Chinese Communist Party to operate undercover in Taiwan, gathering intelligence through infiltration of the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He provided sensitive information, including Vice President Lai Qingde's itinerary during his term and classified data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Initially sentenced to six years in the second trial, Huang was later convicted of forming an espionage organization under the National Security Act. On September 9, Taiwan's High Court sentenced him to 10 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of illicit gains amounting to NT$4.1075 million.

Huang, who previously served as an assistant to New Taipei City Councilor Lee Yu-Tien, was found to have recruited several key figures in Taiwan, including Chiou Shih-Yuan, former Deputy Director of the DPP's Democratic Academy; Wu Shang-Yu, Presidential Office Counselor; and Ho Jen-Chieh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor, to collect intelligence. The information gathered included Vice President Lai Qingde's confidential schedules during his tenure.

The Taipei District Prosecutors Office launched an operation in early 2025 and indicted Huang and others in June of the same year on charges including violations of the State Secrets Protection Act. Subsequently, Prosecutor Chen Shu-Yi of the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office took over the investigation and filed separate charges against Huang for violating the National Security Law by 'establishing a communist espionage organization for mainland China,' seeking a 12-year prison sentence.