Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-01-02
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Chinese student with using members of a pro-
Zhou Hongxu faced new spying charges at the Taiwan High Court on Tuesday. (Photo/CNA)
unification political party to set up a spy ring in Taiwan.
The student, Zhou Hongxu, was already sentenced to 14 months in prison last year for trying to bribe a diplomat into spying for China. He is appealing the sentence.
Prosecutors now say Zhou used New Party spokesperson Wang Ping-chung and three other party officials to set up a news website and an association. These were intended to be a platform to establish a spy ring reporting back to China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, prosecutors said. This act means Zhou faces a new indictment under the National Security Act.
The New Party members who had contact with Zhou are being treated as witnesses at this time but prosecutors said they are investigating the accusations against them. The members of the pro-unification party have denied allegations that they received Chinese money for assisting Zhou. [FULL STORY]
