In May of this year, six agents from Taiwan's Military Intelligence Bureau went to the Netherlands to conduct secret intelligence exchanges targeting mainland China, under the codename "Operation Xiang Yuan." However, this group was tailed and monitored throughout by "unknown individuals," and their detailed itinerary and entry documents were posted online, leaving no detail undisclosed.
After arriving in the Netherlands on May 4 this year, the group spent the first three days (May 5–7) indulging in sightseeing and dining, pretending to be tourists. It wasn’t until May 8 that they met with Dutch intelligence officials for half a day. During lunch together, "unknown individuals" took photos of both sides and posted them online, clearly labelling each person’s name and military rank.
On the morning of May 9, after concluding their five-day trip to the Netherlands, the group boarded a luxury Mercedes-Benz charter with license plate TR-673-N to Amsterdam Airport, where they took China Airlines flight CI74 back to Taiwan. Notably, the team leader, Colonel David Yu, was fined €80 for exceeding the luggage weight limit due to excessive shopping before boarding.
The exposé also revealed that in November this year, Dutch intelligence agencies MIVD and AIVD sent a six-person team to Taiwan under the guise of a "reciprocal visit." In reality, they demanded that Taiwan cooperate in infiltrating and instigating defections from two of mainland China’s top semiconductor experts, including a chip specialist and a physicist. Taiwan’s Military Intelligence Bureau expressed its commitment to "fully cooperate."