Report: 2 held in Taiwan spy case

Chinese mainland authorities have arrested two suspects accused of spying for intelligence agencies in Taiwan, according to a media report.

The Hong Kong-based news website takungpao.com reported on Monday that prosecutors in Jiangsu province have accused two people of espionage on behalf of Taiwan spy agencies. The report quoted Liu Hua, chief of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Procuratorate, as saying that this is a "big spy case" that involved classified military information.

According to Liu, the two suspects, Ma Liangliang and Liang Xin, were retired officers from the Armed Police Force's Beijing Corps and worked in Baoding, Hebei province, after retiring.