EVIDENCE OF MANIPULATION: More money is being sent from overseas to subsidize candidates’ campaign expenses than ever before, the deputy minister of justice said
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 02, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Premier William Lai (賴清德) and lawmakers yesterday said that the Nov 24 nine-in-one
Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Ming-tang, right, attends a cross-ministerial meeting at the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Lee Hsin-fang, Taipei Times
elections are being undermined and national security is under threat, because of China’s spread of disinformation, financial support of certain candidates and sponsoring of television and radio programs, as well as cyberattacks.
Presiding over a cross-ministerial meeting at the Executive Yuan, Lai said that the judiciary has launched investigations into candidates suspected of receiving large amounts of money from Chinese sources, which contravenes the nation’s election laws.
“We have evidence to show there have been massive injections of money from outside Taiwan to influence the election outcome, along with the dissemination of disinformation through mass media and social media,” Lai said.
“Evidence also points to outside funding being given to criminal syndicates masquerading as political parties, so that they can destabilize our society by creating disturbances, and using violence and intimidation,” he said.
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