DPP primary winner indicted over spyingStaff writer, with CNAChu Cheng-chi (朱政騏), a former legislative assistant who won a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) primary for a Taipei city council seat, was indicted yesterday on charges of spying for China. Prosecutors indicted Chu over alleged contraventions of the National Security Act (國家安全法), and asked the courts to confiscate any illicit gains and sentence him to at least five years in prison. Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Jacky Chen (陳清龍) said that the DPP, known for championing its slogan of “resist China, defend Taiwan,” often uses “red-baiting” tactics to suppress political opponents. “From the Presidential Office and the National Security Council to the Legislative Yuan, cases of Chinese espionage within the DPP keep emerging,” Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hsu Yu-chen (許宇甄) said. The Chu case stems from a broader probe into an alleged Chinese espionage network involving businessman Cheng Ming-chia (鄭明嘉) and Hu.

Source: Taipei Times April 02, 2026 17:47 UTC