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The Taipei District Court on Monday sentenced jail term to five Taiwanese businesspeople working in China, who were found guilty of taking money from Chinese au
Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) Five of seven individuals indicted on charges of using Chinese government money to encourage Taiwan nationals to return home and vote for Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) during his presidential bid in January 2020, were sentenced by Taipei District Court on Monday to jail terms ranging from 20 to 46 months.
BRIBES FOR VOTES: A probe found that funding for the scheme came from Huang Daonian, director of the Economic Bureau at Changsha City’s Taiwan Affairs OfficeBy Wen Yu-te / Staff reporter
Five Taiwanese businesspeople working in China were yesterday found guilty of taking money from Chinese authorities to buy votes for Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) in the 2020 presidential election. The Taipei District Court sentenced Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises (台灣同胞投資企業協會) Changsha City Branch chairman Lin Huai (林懷) to three years and 10 months in jail, with deprivation of his civil rights for four years. The other four convicted in the case, who all received 20-month prison terms, were China New Family Association (...
The US tech giant Microsoft Corp on Tuesday partnered with a string of personal computer makers to showcase the new features of its latest operating system Windows 11 in Beijing, as the Chinese PC market is expected to continue growth amid the new normal of the hybrid workplace.