Taipei: Taiwan’s military on Wednesday rejected online claims that its intelligence officers held secret meetings with Dutch counterparts earlier this year, saying the allegation was spread by an overseas Chinese group working with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

According to Focus Taiwan, the Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) stated that a post uploaded on November 29 to a Hungarian-based website, the Europe Wanshida Web, was later shared as a Facebook post on Tuesday. The MIB identified the site as being operated by a group of overseas Chinese. The post alleged that six MIB officers made a secret trip to the Netherlands in May to meet with the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service. It also claimed that six Dutch officials had visited Taiwan last month for a follow-up meeting.

The MIB responded by labeling the contents of the post as “distorted” and “inconsistent with what actually happened,” though they did not provide further details. The post included supposed photos of the meeting in the Netherlands, a flight ticket for one of the MIB officers, and the names of Taiwanese and Dutch intelligence personnel. Such exchanges were described as rare due to the lack of official diplomatic ties.

When questioned about the situation earlier Wednesday, Taiwan’s top intelligence official, Tsai Ming-yen, mentioned that he had directed the MIB to conduct internal checks. Tsai refrained from confirming or denying the alleged exchanges, stating only that the bureau would investigate whether the post violated information security rules or was part of China’s cognitive warfare.