Gao Jin Sumei was prosecuted for the Communist espionage case. Office Director and Assistant High Court held a custody hearing

Chen Zhixuan, former director of Gao Jin Sumei’s office. (Photo by reporter Yang Xinhui)

Non-party legislator Gao Jin Sumei was involved in the National Security Law case. The Gao Jin’s Office found that she, former office directors Zhang Junjie, Chen Zhiqian and assistant Lin Yijun were suspected of introducing more than 170 million yuan in CCP funds to develop organizations in Taiwan from 2005 to 2016. Gao Jin was also involved in cooperating with the CCP’s instructions to oppose arms purchases and boycott the budget. The prosecutors prosecuted four people in accordance with the National Security Law, the Corruption Crime Regulations and other crimes, and asked Gao Jin and Zhang Nan to serve 14 and 15 years in prison respectively. Since Chen Zhiqiang and Lin Yijun are still in custody, the High Court just ruled to postpone their custody yesterday. A custody court will be convened this afternoon to decide whether to renew the custody of the two or post bail, pending the trial judge's decision after the hearing.

According to the prosecutor's investigation, Zhang Junjie and Chen Zhijing were responsible for campaigning, political affairs, and contact with native tribes, while Lin acted as an intermediary to convey instructions from CCP officials. On the one hand, Zhang accepted the CCP’s donation of tribal construction funds to enrich Gaojin’s re-election resources. On the other hand, he remitted more than 170 million yuan into the country through accounts of relatives and friends to develop organizations for the CCP.

Prosecutors determined that Gaojin knew the source of the relevant funds and was still suspected of cooperating with the CCP to hold an anti-Japanese press conference at the United Nations in Congress, questioning the budget reduction of the Japanese representative office, opposing arms purchases, influencing the review of bills through the procedural committee, and supporting fine-tuning of the curriculum, etc., endangering national security and deliberation operations.

The prosecutor severely criticized Gao Jin, Zhang and others for accepting resources from overseas hostile forces, using the power of Congress to cooperate with the CCP's instructions, colluding internally and externally, and causing great harm. In addition to bringing in huge sums of money to develop the organization, Zhang also arranged for personnel to go to China to receive united front training in an attempt to act as a "fifth column." Later, he jumped bail and absconded. This was a serious crime and he requested 15 years in prison. As for Chen and Lin, since they confessed to the crime during the investigation, returned the proceeds of crime, and confessed other accomplices, the prosecutor recommended that the court impose appropriate sentences.

Gao Jin Sumei was involved in the Communist espionage case. Office director Chen Zhiqiang and assistant Lin Yijun were ordered by the High Court to postpone the detention yesterday. After the High Prosecutor's Office prosecuted today, the whole case was immediately transferred to the High Court. A custody court was held in the afternoon. Whether to renew the detention or post bail will be decided by the judge after the hearing. When Chen Zhiqiang and Lin Yijun were arraigned this afternoon, they were even thinner than before and did not say a word when asked by the media.

Lin Yijun, Gao Jin Sumei's assistant. (Photo by reporter Yang Xinhui)