Taipei and Canberra do not have a mutual judicial assistance agreement, but the office can request the information on a case-by-case basis. The office yesterday questioned China Innovation Investment Ltd (中國創新投資) executive director Xiang Xin (向心) and his wife, acting director Kung Ching (龔青), for more than two hours, reasserting that it has jurisdiction over the case. After questioning on Tuesday, the couple was barred from leaving the nation over an alleged breach of the National Security Act (國家安全法). The case of Chinese People’s Liberation Army intelligence officer Zhen Xiaojiang (鎮小江), who was convicted in 2015 of contravening the act, is an example of its jurisdiction, the office said. The Chinese-language Apple Daily yesterday reported that the couple could have used the three properties in Taipei as bases for infiltrating Taiwan.
