High Court overturns acquittal in China-funded junket caseBy Fion Khan / Staff writer, with CNAThe High Court today overturned a lower court’s acquittal of two people who were accused of accepting Chinese funds to organize trips to China to buy votes. The entrance to the Taipei branch of the High Court is pictured in an undated photograph. Prosecutors appealed the acquittal and the case was sent to the High Court. During the trial, Yao asked the High Court to reject the prosecutors’ appeal. The High Court found the pair guilty of vote-buying by accepting funding from an infiltration source.

Source: Taipei Times February 12, 2026 09:54 UTC