A South Korean shipbuilding company is suspected of leaking secrets about Zhang Baogao-class submarines to Taiwan. The picture shows the Zhang Baogao-class submarine.Figure: Retrieved from Baidu Encyclopedia
Once military secrets are leaked, it may endanger national security, so related crimes will face severe penalties in all countries. Foreign media pointed out that an employee of a South Korean shipbuilding industry was suspected of leaking South Korea’s latest “Jang Baogao” class submarine technology to Taiwan, and the police have wanted the legal representative of the company in Taiwan.
According to the Korean media “Chosun Ilbo” today (7), a South Korean shipbuilding industry signed a contract of 150 billion won (about 3.5 billion Taiwan dollars) with Taiwan to dispatch 20 employees, including 15 for the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Submarine Business in South Korea. The former staff of the Ministry went to Taiwan and leaked some of the latest South Korean “Jang Baogao” class submarine technology retained by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering.
The South Korean police said the employees went to Taiwan International Shipbuilding Corporation in Kaohsiung and were involved in submarine construction. The younger brother of the legal representative of the company involved leaked the drawings of important components such as the submarine oil-water separator owned by Daewoo Shipbuilding to Taiwan, and some employees brought some parts needed for the submarine, which they claimed to be the necessary wind equipment for the construction of the offshore factory when they passed through the customs.
The company involved in the case participated in Taiwan’s international cooperation project of “submarine manufacturing” in 2019. The report pointed out that the South Korean police handed over 6 persons involved in the case to the procuratorate in March, and detained the younger brother of the legal representative of the company involved. As for the legal representative of the company involved in the case Still in Taiwan, the police have listed him as a wanted target.
According to South Korea’s current regulations, the export of military technology and materials to foreign countries requires the permission of the government and the military. The report revealed that the South Korean police estimated that the company involved in the case received 7.9 billion won (about 180 million Taiwan dollars) in remuneration, and has now been frozen through the court. profit.