A former employee of Taiwan's TSMC has been indicted for allegedly stealing critical trade secrets with plans to use them in China. Identified only by the surname Chen, the former deputy manager faces charges under Taiwan's National Security Act and Trade Secrets Act, with prosecutors seeking a seven-year prison term.Prosecutors allege that between 2023 and 2024, Chen conspired with a Hong Kong national to establish CSMAC, a semiconductor materials analysis company in China, and copied 21 TSMC documents related to national core technologies. Chen remains in custody, and Reuters was unable to reach him for comment.TSMC, a key supplier to...