‘EXTERNAL LIAISON OFFICE’:The ‘Liberty Times’ reported that a supposed unit of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office has been recruiting organized crime groups for Beijing
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 30, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Minister of the Interior Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮) yesterday said China’s alleged
Minister of the Interior Yeh Jiunn-rong speaks to reporters at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
manipulation of organized crime groups in Taiwan would not be tolerated.
“The government will not tolerate such manipulation and the infiltration of Taiwan’s democratic society from abroad. We are resolved to take action and face the problem, and will conduct a full and in-depth investigation,” Yeh said during a plenary session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
“We are a nation based on the legal framework of our Constitution, and the people have strong faith in our democratic institutions. Therefore, we must deal with this matter in a serious manner, fully investigate it and take up measures to counter it,” he added.
Yeh’s remarks followed a report yesterday by the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the sister newspaper of the Taipei Times), which suggested that the Chinese Ministry of State Security has been operating an “external liaison office” in Xiamen, China, that communicates with and provides financial assistance to organized crime groups in Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
