Chang denies illegal funding from Chinese government
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/07
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Chang An-lo arriving at the CUPP offices Tuesday. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Investigators raided the home of former gang leader Chang An-lo (張安樂), also known as the “White Wolf,” and the offices of his China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP, 統促黨) in a search for illegal funding from China, reports said Tuesday.
Chang is no stranger to investigations, as he once headed one of Taiwan’s top criminal gangs, the Bamboo Union, and spent years in exile in China. He recently repositioned himself as a fierce advocate of unification with China, but his group still occasionally becomes involved in violent clashes with opponents.
Teams of prosecutors alighted at the CUPP offices in Taipei City at 8 a.m. Tuesday and remained there for five hours before leaving with 13 cardboard boxes and several computers, the Apple Daily reported.
Chang told reporters his home had also been searched before he traveled to the CUPP offices. He denied allegations that his small pro-unification party had received funding from the Chinese government in Beijing, though he said he had used money he had made in China through investments and manufacturing. [FULL STORY]
