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Taiwan Detains Party Chief in China Interference Probe

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Taiwan Detains Party Chief in China Interference Probe

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Taiwanese authorities have detained Lin Te-wang, chairman of the small Taiwan People’s Communist Party, on suspicion that he accepted Chinese Communist Party instructions and funding to run for a local office and directed another party member to run elsewhere. Prosecutors also allege the pair recruited voters for trips to mainland China where they received hospitality, potentially as an attempt to influence votes. The investigation, prompted by concerns about foreign interference ahead of Taiwan’s Nov. 28 local elections, included questioning 14 people and nine witnesses. A court ordered Lin held without outside contact, while the other party member was released on bail. Lin and another party leader were acquitted in 2025 in an earlier case involving alleged Chinese infiltration and election interference.

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