By Huang Hsin-po / Staff reporterTo curb the Chinese government’s infiltration of Taiwan, legislators have proposed draft amendments and a bill to increase penalties for proxies found to be disrupting the democratic process. DPP Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) proposed amendments to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例). He proposed jail terms of up to five years for people who are found to have falsely claimed to be representatives of Taipei in negotiations with Beijing, been commissioned by Beijing to harm Taiwan’s sovereignty or been working with Beijing to disrupt the government. The NPP caucus proposed that authorities reveal the names of people found to have been dispatched, commissioned or paid by the Chinese government to conduct political campaigns in Taiwan. The Taiwan Statebuilding Party proposed transparency rules for people working with foreign powers, with the bill tendered by DPP Legislator Yu Mei-nu (尤美女), among others.

Source: Taipei Times October 12, 2019 15:56 UTC