Taiwan-Born U.S. Navy Officer Accused of Espionage

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has charged a Taiwan-born Navy officer with espionage for allegedly passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, U.S. defense officials said Monday.

A Navy document that describes multiple charges against Lieut. Commander Edward C. Lin accuses him of failing to report foreign contacts and says that on multiple occasions he gave or attempted to give secret national defense information to representatives of a foreign government.