China Vote-Buying Suspicions Spur Taiwan to Carry Out Raids
- Taiwan is preparing to hold island-wide elections on Saturday
- Group was funneling money to candidates, prosecutors say
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Authorities in Taiwan carried out raids and questioned a group of people on suspicion they were buying votes on behalf of China in Saturday’s island-wide election.
Law-enforcement officers searched four locations and detained three people using warrants issued under the Anti-Infiltration Act, which was passed in late 2019 and bars “foreign hostile forces” from interfering in elections, Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency reported Thursday.