The Ministry of National Defense is addressing Taiwan’s light sentences for national security contraventions through legal reforms and by improving internal military security, while pushing amendments to the Military Trial Act, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo said today.
Koo’s statement comes after the Control Yuan yesterday urged stricter punishments for military personnel convicted of contravening national security regulations by spying for China, saying that the average sentence is 12.7 times shorter than in other democratic countries.
The ministry has proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of the Armed Forces increasing the penalties for expressing “loyalty” to the enemy and for “conspiracy” and “premeditation,” Koo said.
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