FAKE SPONSOR? Miaoli County Councilor Lo Kuei-hsing said that an exchange trip for school students was organized by an official ‘united front’ Chinese agency
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 18, 2019
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
A school exchange trip to China was cover for a Chinese indoctrination program, Miaoli County
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Kuo-shu, center, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as Miaoli County Councilor Lo Kuei-hsing, right, looks on.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
Parents of students from Tongsiao Junior High School in the county were working to arrange alternative travel home for their children, who were on an “education and sports exchange” in China, after their planned return via ferry was canceled due to inclement weather, Lo said, adding that the parents discovered that the group had been exposed to “Chinese propaganda” and “political indoctrination.”
The group of mostly baseball and softball players was staying in Pingtan County, but parents discovered that they were targets of the Chinese Communist Party’s Department of United Front Work and its provincial authorities, Lo said.
“They paid only NT$1,000 each for the trip to cover registration and administrative fees,” Huang said. “The rest of their expenses, including ferry tickets, insurance, local transportation, accommodation and meals, were covered by the Chinese side.” [FULL STORY]
