The Taiwanese government’s digital security has come into question after a staffer was found to have used a work phone made by Chinese firm Huawei.

Wang Wan-yu, a New Power Party lawmaker, earlier revealed that a Legislative Yuan communications official had used a Huawei phone. Taiwan’s Executive Yuan had previously banned government agencies from using tech products from mainland China.

Li Meng-yen, the Executive Yuan’s secretary-general, said on Wednesday that Taiwan authorities were looking into the matter. The Huawei phone would not fall under the existing ban if it was used as a personal device, he said. The Executive Yuan will also remind officials in the legislature to only use devices that comply with government policy.

During a legislative meeting on Tuesday, it was revealed that over 70% of the drones used by Taiwan’s government were made in China, sparking concerns about the security of classified information.

Separately, Su Chen-ching, a legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party who was taken into custody earlier this year after being charged with bribery, alleged that investigators had wronged him by tampering with evidence in his case.

Su’s lawyer said that six hours of key audio evidence were “filled with noise,” making it impossible to identify what was said. Taiwan’s prosecutors have said that the problem was due to aging equipment, but Su argued that there were signs of manual tampering.

The audio evidence, which recorded Su’s questioning, was also encrypted using a product by Chinese manufacturer Hikvision, the disgraced lawmaker said.

In a statement, Su cast doubt on the official version of events and urged prosecutors to conduct a clean investigation.

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