Beijing’s top intelligence agency names Taiwanese agents, flags ‘troll army’ stirring tensions
Taiwanese military intelligence official and media firm carried out propaganda and sabotage activities, Ministry of State Security says
Beijing’s top anti-espionage agency released a list of Taiwanese individuals on Friday that it said were working for Taiwan’s intelligence service to spread pro-independence messages and stir cross-strait tensions online.
The ministry also accused a Taiwanese military intelligence official and two agents of the media company of spreading false information, promoting “Taiwan independence” and manipulating public opinion on the Chinese internet.
They would be held accountable for life under the Anti-Secession Law, it said.
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Intelligence officer Lin Ziyu was involved in directing “counter-propaganda and sabotage activities against mainland China” under an alias, according to the state security ministry statement.