Air Force Operations Officer Indicted by Taipei Prosecutors for Negligently Losing Classified Exercise Plans

Taipei (CNA) – An Air Force officer, surnamed Su, who served as an operations officer, was responsible for handling two classified military exercise plans in August 2024. He negligently lost these documents, which were later found in a shredder between April and May of the following year. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office today indicted him on charges of negligent destruction of military secret documents under the陆海空軍刑法 and negligent destruction or loss of national secrets under the National Security Information Protection Act.

The indictment from the Taipei District Prosecutors Office states that Officer Su, an operations officer at the Air Force Songshan Base Command's Operations Section, was responsible for base defense, anti-airborne missions, and other duties. In August 2024, he processed two classified military exercise plans, designated as national and military secrets, and was responsible for distributing these official documents to four subordinate units: the Special Aircraft Squadron, the Command Aircraft Squadron, the Base Service Squadron, and the Supply Squadron.

According to the indictment, at an unspecified time after Officer Su handled the two classified documents, he negligently lost the original documents that were supposed to be delivered to the Special Aircraft Squadron and the Command Aircraft Squadron. Later, during a unit inspection, it was discovered that the outgoing document records did not match the incoming document records. It wasn't until late April or early May 2025 that Officer Su himself found the shredded lost documents in an office shredder. The case was transferred by the Taipei Military Police to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office for investigation.

After investigation, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office believes that Officer Su is suspected of violating the陆海空軍刑法 for negligent destruction of military secret documents and the National Security Information Protection Act for negligent destruction or loss of national secrets. He was indicted today. (Editors: Hsieh Chia-chen, Li Hsi-chang) 1150415