Taipei Times
Date: Nov 10, 2018
By Chang Tsung-chiu, Chiu Chun-fu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writers
Police in Changhua and Yunlin counties on Thursday arrested 11 Bamboo Union gang
China Unification Promotion Party and Bamboo Union uniforms are displayed after being seized by the Changhua County Police Department on Thursday. Photo: Copy by Chang Tsung-chiu, Taipei Times
members over alleged assault, extortion, infringement of personal liberties and organized crime activities, while they are also suspected to have funded political campaigns.
A National Police Agency operation targeting organized crime ahead of the Nov. 24 nine-in-one elections has made three sets of arrests this year, with Thursday’s being the last before the elections, the Changhua County Police Department said.
The Bamboo Union members arrested included three who are also members of the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), the department said.
Two men in custody, Tsai Ping-jui (蔡秉叡), 32, and Lu Chin-lin (呂金霖), 24, were suspected leaders of a violent criminal group allegedly engaged in illegal debt collection and political campaigning, it said. [FULL STORY]
