<p>MORE than 70 members of Taiwan’s presidential security detail have been swept up in a cigarette smuggling scandal, the island’s spy agency announced today, as its chief took the unusual step of appearing in public to vow a crackdown.</p> <p>The scandal first erupted last month when the customs administration said that an agent within President Tsai Ing-wen’s entourage tried to bring in 9,800 cigarette cartons as he returned from an official trip accompanying the island’s leader to the Caribbean. </p>
