Prosecutors secured custody of some tech executives over the smuggling suspicion and are proceeding carefully given its sensitivity, the Taipei Times (Liberty Times group) reported.

Taiwan treats semiconductors as a core strategic industry and has worked on controlling and securing technology and equipment; illegal export bears directly on competitiveness.

Investigators are tracing money flows and transaction routes and widening the circle of those involved; specific charges and scale will be disclosed as the probe proceeds.

Sinophone Bridge Times reports the case factually through legal procedure, without a political frame. Technology security is a vital task for any society.