DPP to do more checks to keep out members associated with gangs 05/07/2021 10:06 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. President Tsai Ing-wen speaks when she visited Taiwan Women's Center in Taipei Friday. CNA photo May 7, 2021 Taipei, May 7 (CNA) The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) decided Friday to launch a system in July involving more background checks that will make sure that its members are lawful, in the wake of recent scandals involving a DPP member. DPP Secretary-General Lin Hsi-yao (林錫耀) said the system will first check the criminal records of new party members, and then review members enrolled since 2013, when it introduced a policy of refusing those who have links to organized crime groups from joining the party.