Special operations root out potential espionage

National security agencies have uncovered hundreds of cases of espionage and theft of secrets by Taiwan in recent years and have arrested a group of spies and operatives from the island, according to an article published on an official WeChat account of the Ministry of State Security on Wednesday.

Since the Democratic Progressive Party came to power, Taiwan's intelligence agencies have actively served as the vanguard for "Taiwan independence" forces, intensifying espionage on the mainland, the article said.

In response, national security authorities took decisive action, organizing and implementing special operations in recent years that resulted in the dismantling of multiple espionage networks set up by Taiwan's intelligence agencies targeting the mainland, it said.