TOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electron ( TOELF ) has

not confirmed any organisational involvement following the

indictment of a former employee in Taiwan for alleged theft of

trade secrets from TSMC, the Japanese chipmaking equipment maker

said on Thursday.

Taiwan prosecutors said on Wednesday that they had indicted

three people in the TSMC trade secrets case, accusing

them of conspiring to use the information to help Tokyo Electron ( TOELF )

compete for TSMC supplier deals for the 2-nanometer process.

The defendants included a former TSMC employee, surnamed

Chen, who after joining Tokyo Electron ( TOELF ) had solicited help from

his former colleagues for the information on TSMC's technology

trade secrets, the prosecutors said.

Tokyo Electron ( TOELF ) said its investigation has "not confirmed any

organisational involvement, such as instructions encouraging the

inappropriate acquisition of information by the said former

employee, nor any leakage of related confidential information to

outside parties".

The manufacturer, a major supplier of equipment for

processes such as deposition and etching to chipmakers, said

earlier this month that it had dismissed the employee.

TSMC's 2-nanometer process refers to the company's advanced

technology for chipmaking.

Prosecutors have said they are recommending a combined

14-year prison term for Chen for violating Taiwan's trade

secrets and national security laws.

The case is the first brought under Taiwan's National

Security Law involving the theft of core technologies.