In Taiwan, Mr Wang said his intelligence operation was in contact with media executives in order to influence Taiwan’s political system as part of a systemic election meddling campaign being waged by Beijing to topple candidates (including President Tsai Ing-Wen) considered hostile. He said his operation had backed presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu.
Mr Wang said he was responsible for coordinating a “cyber army” to shift political opinion, similar to Russia’s cyber interference operations in the US elections.
“Our work on Taiwan was the most important work of ours – the infiltration into media, temples and grassroots organisations,” said Wang.
He spelt out how China is buying the alliance of Taiwan’s temples by funding them and treating them to tour China for free. While there, they would feed worshippers with the United Front propaganda, and make them believe the DPP government is destroying Taiwan’s economy.
This is also why KMT legislators were pushing for amendments to the Religion Act to reduce government oversight and restrictions over religious organizations.
Though it is good that an alleged Chinese spy is publicly revealing this. KMT’s polls are already in the tankers, now they are gonna be reaching the new lows, which is good since nobody needs another KMT administration.
That’s because Tsai’s supporters are a lot more fickled and quick to blame the DPP for not living up to their expectations. Tsai’s supporters also often don’t live in their city of their household registration, so they have to make extra efforts to vote, and when they are not motivated they simply don’t.
If Wang Li-qiang would spell out how they’ve replaced 2015 Ko Wen-je with this new Ko Wen-je, that would be brand new information.
Long suspected, but to see these suspicions proven … Wow. I just can’t see this guy being alive for too long after this - the Aussies better keep him hidden somewhere under guard for the rest of his life.
The two executives have been detained for a month, but not charged and prevented from leaving, but there has been very little news about the “spy case”.
