Couple Gets Indicted for Allegedly Accepting Millions From China to Conduct Influence Operations in Taiwan

Published on November 11, 2024

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese radio host and his wife have been indicted for allegedly taking millions from communist China to influence public opinion in Taiwan, according to local prosecutors. Taiwanese authorities have also announced that they seek to dissolve a pro-Beijing party of which the radio host is a member. The two defendants—identified only by their last names, Chang and Hung—were accused of taking NT$74 million (about $2.3 million) from China’s government agencies, including the Taiwan Affairs Office, between 2011 and 2023, Chiayi District Prosecutors Office said in a press release on Nov. 4. Their full names have since been revealed by local media outlets, including the government-run Central News Agency, as Chang Meng-chung and his wife Hung Wen-ting....

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