Taiwan Charges Pro-China Party Spokesman and Others With Breaching National Security

Taiwan Charges Pro-China Party Spokesman and Others With Breaching National Security
Students of a military school wave the Taiwan’s national flag during a ceremony at the Presidential Office Square in Taipei on January 1, 2013. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
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TAIPEI—Taiwan prosecutors indicted the spokesman for a pro-China political party and two other party members for allegedly seeking to recruit Taiwan military officers on behalf of China and violating the National Security Act, a court statement said.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement on June 13 that New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung and two party members tried to recruit a network for the Chinese regime, including Taiwanese government officials, members of the military, and students.