Two people indicted for financing candidate in local polls using 'Beijing money'.

Taiwanese man Sun Chih-chuan and Chinese woman Da have been indicted for allegedly providing Chinese funds to a pro-unification New Taipei City Council candidate, Wang Cheng, in Taiwan's local elections in 2022. Both Sun and Da deny their organizations have relationships with Beijing. The funds, totaling 100,000 Chinese yuan, were transferred through various intermediaries, and violated Taiwan's Anti-Infiltration Act and Political Donations Act.

February 26, 2024
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