Taiwanese communist party trio indictedAIDING CCP: Prosecutors are seeking strict sentences for Lin Te-wang and Cheng Chien-hsin, as they did not cooperate in a probe of their alleged work for ChinaBy Wang Ting-chuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted Taiwan People’s Communist Party Chairman Lin Te-wang (林德旺), along with party members Cheng Chien-hsin (鄭建炘) and Yu Sheng-hung (余聲洪), over alleged contraventions of the Anti-infiltration Act (反滲透法) and asked the court to consider heavy penalties. Lin, who had been a Central Committee member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), has traveled to China as a representative of Taiwanese businesspeople in China since 2007, investigators said. Taiwan People’s Communist Party chairman Lin Te-wang is pictured in an undated photograph. In a bid to elicit support from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for his businesses in China, Lin hosted multiple visits by CCP officials and was directed by Hu to involve himself in Taiwan’s elections to advance China’s “united front” efforts, the indictment said. Lin was also charged with planning to give NT$500 and the Chinese rapid antigen test kits to protesters mobilized by his party at rallies against Pelosi.
