Drone contractor allegedly ordered parts from Taobao
Prosecutors say the contractor used Chinese-made chips and flight boards in drones, and the military has withheld payment on a NT$2.95 million contract.
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Tech firm head detained over China-made drone parts
Kaohsiung, Aug. 18 (CNA) The head of a Taiwanese technology company has been detained on suspicion of violating the National Security Act by using Chinese-made components in drones supplied under a military procurement contract, the Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office said Tuesday.
Taiwanese Justice has issued a preventive arrest order to a businessman accused of trying to sell to the Army drones secretly mounted with Chinese components, the island's authorities have informed today.
Delivery and supply to the Army of products originating in China Continental is a crime provided for in the National Security Act
In late May 2025, the Eighth Army Corps Command handled a "drone procurement case." During the acceptance inspection, personnel discovered that the winning bidder, Hangjian Technology Co., Ltd., was suspected of assembling the drones with components such as chips made in China and submitting false certificates of origin, attempting to rebrand them and conceal the true origin of the drones. The Qiaotou District Prosecutors Office recently directe…
In a statement, the Prosecutor's Office of the District of Ciaodou, in the southern city of Kaohsiung, explained that there are two accused: a man named Chang, responsible for a local company whose name has not been made public, and the chief technician of that same firm.Both are accused of the crimes of handing over and supplying the Army with products originating in the "continental zone", a case covered by the National Security Act, as well a…
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