TAIPEI, Taiwan—Two company executives are facing national security charges after allegedly using Chinese components to fulfill a military drone contract.
The Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City announced on Aug. 18 a case against a technology company executive surnamed Chang and a technology director surnamed Lo at another Taiwan-based technology company.
The case marked the first of its kind in Taiwan, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors launched a probe after the Army’s 8th Field Army flagged suspected Chinese parts during an acceptance inspection of the drones.
Chang and Lo “allegedly procured China-packaged drone chips and Chinese-made flight control boards to assemble drones, while concealing product markings and submitting falsified certificates of origin,” prosecutors stated. …
Taiwan Tech Company Head Detained Over China-Made Parts in Military Drone Contract
