Retired military man given two years for spying for China

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Kaohsiung, Sept. 25 (CNA) A retired Taiwanese military man who was given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of spying for China and attempting to build a spy network in Taiwan has been given a 27-month jail term for the crimes on appeal. Lan Yan-yi (藍彥逸) was sentenced to two years in jail on the spying charges and a three-month term on the spy network charges by the Kaohsiung branch of the Taiwan High Court, after prosecutors appealed Lan's original sentence. The verdict can still be appealed. In May, the Pingtung District Court sentenced Lan to a combined 30...