A Taiwanese court has upheld a one-year prison sentence for a state oil company official who leaked confidential bidding information on contracts worth hundreds of millions, but cleared him of bribery — a mixed result that punishes the leak while letting the money trail go unproven.

• A former section chief at CPC's Dalin refinery was found guilty of leaking secrets four times, tipping off a favored contractor before public tenders closed.
• The leaks included expected discount rates, work specifications, and even a rival's proposal, left at his building's front desk to be copied.
• Prosecutors' bribery and profiteering charges failed because they could not back up a confession with proof the money was a payoff.
• The contractor who received the information walked free again, with the appeals court keeping his acquittal.
• Judges refused to suspend the sentence, saying repeated damage to fair public procurement was too serious to excuse.

Outlook: Prosecutors may push the bribery claims to a higher court, but the leak conviction now looks likely to stand.