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- Jul 30, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Supreme Court Makes the TSMC 2nm Leak Sentences Final
- On 30 July 2026 Taiwan's Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of former TSMC engineers Chen Li-ming and Chen Wei-chieh, making their 10- and 6-year sentences final; both were already in custody and go straight to prison[1][4].
- The court's deputy criminal spokesman said it found no error in the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court's findings of fact or law and that the sentences were appropriate[1][2].
- The case covered TSMC's 2nm and 14nm process secrets and was the first verdict after the National Security Act's core-technology amendment[1][4].
- Wu Ping-chun (3 years) and Ko Yi-ping (2 years) did not appeal, and prosecutors and Tokyo Electron Taiwan did not either, so those sentences, and the company's NT$100 million to TSMC and NT$50 million to the treasury, were already final in May[2][3][4].
- Tokyo Electron employee Lu Yi-yin's appeal against her suspended 10 months for destroying evidence was still before the Supreme Court[1][4].
- Chen Li-ming's lawyer said the 10 years was unreasonable because he had confessed and settled with TSMC while Chen Wei-chieh, who did not admit the charges, got 6, and vowed to seek every remedy[2].
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- [1]90%focustaiwan.tw/society/202607300021focustaiwan.tw· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Jul 30, 2026 ✓· 29% of score
Focus Taiwan (CNA[4]), 30 July 2026: 'The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected appeals by two former ... TSMC employees ... making their sentences final'; PTS[2] quotes the court's deputy spokesman on the ruling of the 30th. No time is given, so it is an all-day date.
- [2]88%台積洩密案2工程師上訴遭駁回 主謀陳力銘判刑10年定讞 (PTS)news.pts.org.tw· Published Jul 31, 2026· 24% of score
Public Television: Supreme Court deputy criminal spokesman Sung Sung-ching says the court found 'no illegality' in the lower court's findings and the sentences 'appropriate'; Wu and Ko's sentences became final in May; Chen's lawyer calls the sentence unreasonable.[1]
- [3]85%Supreme Court rejects two appeals in TSMC leak case (Taipei Times)taipeitimes.com· Published Jul 31, 2026· 24% of score
Next-day report of the final sentences, Tokyo Electron Taiwan's suspended sentence and NT$150 million payments, and Lu's pending appeal.[1]
- [4]90%台積電洩密案 前工程師陳力銘判10年、陳韋傑6年定讞 (CNA)cna.com.tw· Published Jul 30, 2026· 24% of score
CNA, 30 July 2026: the Supreme Court 'today' dismissed the appeals and the 10- and 6-year sentences are final; the two, held in custody, will be sent to prison; Lu Yi-yin's appeal is still pending; the other defendants and prosecutors did not appeal.
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