DPP China Affairs warns of election interference

By Chen Yun and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source With Taiwan’s year-end local elections approaching, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) China Affairs Department has warned that cooperating with Chinese election interference could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, while those who report foreign interference could receive rewards of up to NT$20 million (US$632,351).The department outlined seven types of illegal conduct involving Chinese election interference.One form of interference is recruiting tour groups at China’s direction. That means accepting Chinese instructions, commissions or funding to recruit borough chiefs, local figures or voters to participate in a tour including transportation, accommodation or meals and asking them