TSAI VERSUS SPY? The Ministry of Justice said William Wang Liqiang told police that Alex Tsai made threats against him, while Tsai said the DPP’s Chiou I-jen was involved

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 10, 2020
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members yesterday accused Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)

Deputy Secretary-General Alex Tsai (蔡正元) and a Chinese businessman of attempting to bribe and intimidate self-professed Chinese spy William Wang Liqiang (王立強), while the Ministry of Justice confirmed that Australian authorities had sought Taiwan’s assistance to investigate an alleged threat to Wang’s life.

DPP presidential campaign office spokeswoman Chien Shu-pei (簡舒培) said at a news conference in Taipei that the issue was “an international scandal.”

“It is repugnant for a top official to use intimidation and enticement to press Wang to recant his statement about spying, and then say he was bought off by the DPP for a large amount of money,” Chien said.

“Wang Liqiang, who is currently in Australia, reported to police that Alex Tsai and another man had made threats against him,” Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Ming-tang (陳明堂) told the news conference in Taipei. “Australian police then contacted us with a request for information on Mr Tsai.”
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