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Beijing uses organized crime to interfere in Taiwan's elections, and likely does in Canada: Taiwanese official
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Beijing uses organized crime to interfere in Taiwan's elections, and likely does in Canada: Taiwanese official

“This is a very classic tactic of China’s election interference": Deputy Minister of Mainland Affairs Council

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Jyh-horng Jan spoke to international journalists in Taiwan on September 5th. Sam Cooper

TAIPEI, Taiwan

Beijing has interfered in Taiwan’s elections by using organized crime networks to influence votes for certain candidates and is likely using the same methods in Canada, a senior Taiwanese official said Tuesday.

Responding to questions from journalists in Taiwan, Jyh-horng Jan, deputy minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that Beijing uses “collaborators” including illegal gambling bosses and Taiwanese businessmen to interfere in Taiwan’s elections.

The Bureau asked Jan if he could describe Taiwanese knowledge of Beijing’s election interference methods, in comparison to examples of China’s recent interference in Canadian federal elections through the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front, which has allegedly clandestinely funded Beijing’s favoured candidates, according to Canadian intelligence investigations.

“We've been facing China's United Front for over half a century in Taiwan and I think China’s tactics have been changing all the time,” Jan said. “Since we are in the lead up to a presidential election next January, we know that they have already started the United Front campaign against us.”

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