Former KMT aides sentenced for espionage
CONNECTIONS: The trio, one of whom has died, allegedly stole classified materials from lawmakers, and used a computer technician and reporters to collect information
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Taipei District Court yesterday sentenced two former aides of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers to prison for espionage and contravening the National Security Act (國家安全法).
Prosecutors in August last year charged former aides Lin Yung-ta (林雍達), Chen Wei-jen (陳惟仁) and Lee Yi-hsien (李易諴) with stealing classified materials from lawmakers at the legislature and passing them on to their Chinese handler, and for allegedly trying to hack into President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) medical records.
2021/05/09 14:31 Former President Ma Ying-jeou. Former President Ma Ying-jeou. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) says the Taiwanese have rejected the so-called 1992 Consensus, as demonstrated in the 2020 presidential election, and that there is no need for further discussion of the issue. The MAC issued a press release Saturday afternoon (May 8) in response to former President Ma Ying-jeou s (馬英九) remarks regarding the “1992 Consensus” earlier that day, CNA reported. The MAC pointed out that Bejing has defined the alleged consensus, which Ma has proposed using as the foundation for cross-strait dialogue, as a hallmark of its “one China” principle. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s (習近平) speech in January 2019 stressed the one country, two systems framework and equated the “1992 Consensus” to the one China” principle and unification.
CCP raising tensions on purpose: MAC
BULLYING: Beijing has deliberately raised tensions on the Taiwan Strait and uses cognitive warfare to wear down the morale of Taiwanese, the MAC said in a report
By Lin Liang-sheng / Staff reporter
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is deliberately creating tension in the Taiwan Strait, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said in a report to the Legislative Yuan.
MAC Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) is today to deliver a report on the development of the situation in the Strait amid US-China tensions, and answer questions from lawmakers on the legislature’s Internal Administration Committee.
Although the US and China have differences regarding the management and control of various issues, the situation remains stable, the council said in the report, which it submitted to the committee.