Ma, an independent, is also the first legislative candidate to be put under pretrial detention in this election cycle, with only seven days to go before the vote on Saturday next week. Ma, who visited China several times last year, allegedly received tether cryptocurrency in addition to US dollars for her campaign. Independent legislative candidate Ma Chih-wei picks a number for the election at a Central Election Commission office in Taoyuan on Dec. 20 last year. They questioned eight people, including Ma and TPP Taoyuan chapter head Huang Cheng-chun (黃成峻). The bureau’s national security section said that it is a serious case of Chinese Communist Party election interference through candidate funding.
