Chinese companies poach employees and steal secrets! Prosecutors raid 16 companies, interviewing 100 people. Lawyer Li Yusheng explains the legal provisions on stealing trade secrets, the National Security Law, and economic espionage.

Chinese companies poach employees and steal secrets! Prosecutors raid 16 companies, interviewing 100 people. (ETTV News reporter Zhao Yixiong)

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Talent in Taiwan's science and technology industry is the lifeblood of the national economy. Subject to restrictions under the National Security Law, if an engineer wants to switch jobs to the other side of the strait, he cannot steal business secrets in Taiwan. This can result in a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison. However, the Investigation Bureau conducted a sweep across Taiwan against privately-owned Chinese companies and found that 16 Chinese companies were involved, including leading Chinese optoelectronics and semiconductor groups. They have established offices in Hsinchu, Neihu Science Park, etc., which has endangered national security.

Li Yusheng, an attorney at Fidelity Law Offices, said that this case involves the country's core key technologies, and the law clearly states that the other side cannot invest in or obtain them. If such key business secrets are obtained through improper means such as theft and reproduction through shell companies and leaked to hostile forces, it may seriously affect national security. According to the National Security Law, it will be involved in economic espionage and will be subject to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than twelve years, and may also be fined not less than NT$5 million and not more than NT$100 million.

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