Reuters: TAIWAN: Taiwan sacks agent for sending [Falun Gong] data to China.

TAIPEI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A Taiwan counter-intelligence agent has been sacked and faces prosecution for sending to China information about the Falun Gong spiritual movement banned by Beijing [..], a Taiwan official said on Wednesday.

Li Kai-ping was dismissed from the Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday and faces charges of leaking state secrets for sending bureau reports on Falun Gong to China via the Internet, a Justice Ministry spokesman said.

The spokesman said bureau agents investigated Li after receiving a tip-off. The spokesman declined to say what Li's motives were or who the recipients were.

Taiwan newspapers said Li sent the information to a Taiwan investor friend in China this year and would appeal against his dismissal. Li could not be reached for comment.

Falun Gong is legal in Taiwan but banned in China [..]

[Falun Gong] [..] says up to 1,600 followers have been killed in China in an ensuing crackdown.[..]