Taipei - Taiwan's prosecutors on Friday indicted two men they accused of spying for China and sought three-year jail sentence against each of them.

Wang Ren-bing, 55, a senior specialist at the Presidential Office, and Chen Pin-jen, 48, a former parliamentary aide, were charged with leaking national secrets and passing classified information to China.

The Taipei District Prosecutors Office said that from 2006 to 2008, Wang passed sensitive documents to Chen, who either faxed or delivered them to his Chinese government contact, identified as Tan Gang, during his frequent visits to China.

Taiwan media said the documents included the transition of power and inaugural speech of President Ma Ying-jeou last year as well as classified information on US-Taiwan relations during the time when Ma's immediate predecessor, Chen Shui-bian, was still in office.

Wang and Chen Pin-jen were arrested in January after they raided Wang's office and Chen Pin-jen's home. Prosecutors found more than 100 Xerox and original copies of classified documents in Wang's file cabinet. The raid marked the first time the Presidential Office was searched. (dpa)