To prevent national security breaches, Lai Zhongqiang offers suggestions: Restrict Gao Jin Sumei from attending confidential meetings of the Legislative Yuan

Lawyer Lai Zhongqiang. (File photo)

Legislator Gao Jin Sumei was involved in accepting 170 million yuan in funds to develop organizations for the Chinese Communist Party in Taiwan. The High Prosecutor's Office prosecuted and requested 14 years in prison. In this regard, lawyer Lai Zhongqiang suggested today (7th) that the Executive Yuan should negotiate with the Legislative Yuan to coordinate whether it can not provide confidential information to Ko Jin Sumei and restrict her attendance at confidential meetings. The Legislative Yuan Disciplinary Committee should also suspend Ko Jin Sumei to prevent the Legislative Yuan from becoming a national security breach.

Gao Jin Sumei was involved in a case of communist espionage and bribery. The High Prosecutor's Office recently concluded the investigation and prosecuted four people including Gao Jin Sumei, Zhang Junjie, the "big accountant" who absconded from the country, office director Chen Zhihuang and assistant Lin Yijun. Among them, Gao Jin Sumei was sentenced to 14 years in prison, with restrictions on leaving the country and sea, and Zhang Junjie was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Chen Zhihuang and Lin Yijun pleaded guilty, but were found to be at risk of fleeing, destroying evidence, and colluding with accomplices or witnesses, and were ordered to continue to be detained without permission.

Lai Zhongqiang said in an interview that Gao Jin Sumei's acceptance of China's lobbying has violated the provisions of the "Reverse Osmosis Law", "Lobbying Law" and "Legislative Members' Conduct Law". The Disciplinary Committee of the Legislative Yuan can impose sanctions, stop Gao Jin Sumei from attending meetings, and suspend her power for up to six months at a time. However, the premise is that someone must initiate it and reach a consensus between the government and the opposition in the Legislative Yuan, which is not necessarily an effective method in reality.

Therefore, Lai Zhongqiang also proposed that before the Legislative Yuan formally suspends Gao Jin, he suggested that the Executive Yuan make formal representations to President Han Guoyu to remind Gao Jin Sumei that his behavior has violated the "National Security Law." From the perspective of safeguarding national security and national secrets, he hopes that the Legislative Yuan can coordinate Gao Jin Sumei not to attend confidential meetings, and the Executive Yuan cannot provide confidential information to Gao Jin Sumei knowing that there is a high degree of risk.