INTERMEDIARY: The leader of the party’s youth wing is suspected of introducing Taiwanese government officials to a Chinese student trying to set up a spy ring
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 20, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Prominent news personality Wang Ping-chung (王炳忠) and three other New Party youth
New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung, center, shouts yesterday as Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau agents escort him from his residence in Taipei for questioning about alleged breaches of the National Security Act. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times
wing leaders were detained for questioning yesterday, as part of a probe into suspected leaks of classified information in connection with an espionage investigation against Chinese student Zhou Hongxu (周泓旭).
In coordinated actions yesterday morning, Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) officials, backed up by police officers, served summonses and conducted searches at Wang’s home in Taipei and at the residences of other New Party youth wing executives Ho Han-ting (侯漢廷), Lin Ming-cheng (林明正) and Chen Ssu-chun (陳斯俊).
The officials had search warrants, summons notifications and arrest warrants for Wang and his New Party colleagues, and the operation was carried out in accordance with legal procedures, they said. [FULL STORY]
