PARTY OF WOLVES:DPP legislator Kuan Bi-ling said that the way the pro-unification party is run was ‘completely consistent with the activities of criminal organizations’

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 01, 2017
By: Tseng Wei-chen and William Hetherington  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Chinese Unity Promotion Party (CUPP) might be obtaining funds from the Chinese government through Strategic Sports (韜略運動器材), a company based in Dongguan in China’s Guangdong Province, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) said.

Among its board members, the company lists Chang Wei (張瑋) and Chang Hsun (張珣), sons of CUPP founder and former leader of the Bamboo Union gang Chang An-le (張安樂), Chen said.

Personal and anonymous donations to the party last year accounted for NT$2.34 million and NT$90,000 (US$77,215 and US$2,970) respectively, he said, adding that the party received no membership fees or government subsidies.

“Where did the funds for its operational costs come from?” he said.

Chang An-le, who is also known as the “White Wolf,” has companies in Hong Kong and China under the Taolue (“Strategy”) Group (韜略集團), the logo of which is the CUPP party logo, he said.    [FULL  STORY]