Gao Jin Sumei was prosecuted in the Communist espionage case, and the former director and assistant of the office were transferred to custody and banned from seeing

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 High Procuratorate found that she, former office directors Zhang Junjie (wanted), Chen Zhiqian and assistant Lin Yijun (two people in custody) were suspected of introducing more than 170 million yuan in CCP funds to develop organizations in Taiwan from 2005 to 2016. Prosecutors today indicted four people in accordance with the National Security Law and the Corruption Crime Regulations, and asked Gao Jin and Zhang Nan to serve 14 and 15 years in prison respectively. After the prosecution, Chen Zhixuan and Lin Yijun were transferred to trial. The custody hearing was held in the afternoon. The High Court ruled that the two people were detained without permission to see them.

According to the prosecutor's investigation, Zhang Junjie and Chen Zhijing were responsible for campaigning, political affairs, and liaison with native tribes, while Lin Yijun acted as an intermediary to convey instructions from CCP officials. On the one hand, Zhang Junjie accepted funds donated by the CCP for tribal construction and enriched Gaofin’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 Junjie 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 Junjie 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 Zhiqian and Lin Yijun, because 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 their detention yesterday. After the High Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment today, the whole case was transferred to the High Court. A custody hearing was held in the afternoon. After the hearing, the High Court ruled that Zhixian and Lin Yijun should not be detained in custody.

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