DPP playing reckless game

Taiwan’s New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung maintained on Thursday that he has never received any funds from organizations affiliated with the Communist Party of China, as claimed by the Democratic Progressive Partyled authorities on the island, following his and three other party members’ arrests in alleged connection with an espionage investigation.

Wang made the remarks at a news conference one day after he, his father, and three fellow members of the New Party were taken to the Taipei district prosecutors’ office for questioning.

That they support peaceful reunification between the mainland and the island, and have disclosed and criticized “Taiwan independence” forces on various occasions, is the real reason they were investigated.

Since the independence-minded DPP came to office, relentless measures have been taken to crack down on those who do not support the DPP’s separatist stance. For example, some assets affiliated to the Kuomintang have been classified as “improper party assets” in an attempt to ruin the main opposition party. A campaign has also been launched to pursue “political cases” involving the Kuomintang to tarnish its reputation, as part of a plan to promote its “spiritual collapse”.

The DPP has gone all out to set traps for those on the island who support cross-Straits exchanges and peaceful reunification between the two sides of the Straits. A regulation was revised by the DPP last year, which sets limits on any retired Taiwan military official visiting the mainland and threatens to deprive any that do so of their pensions.

The charge against Wang and others and their arrests came amid the DDP’s accelerated measures to portray the mainland as an “enemy” and its claims that it is taking measure to ensure the island’s “safety”. With the DPP authorities persecuting parties and people who support peaceful reunification, one can’t help but wonder where they are heading.

— PEOPLE’S DAILY OVERSEAS EDITION