Xiang Xin, Chairman of China Innovation Investment Corporation
The sensational “Wang Liqiang spy case” in 2019 revealed that Wang Liqiang’s boss, Xiang Xin, chairman of China Innovation Investment Corporation, was a senior Chinese communist agent and was suspected of attempting to infiltrate Taiwan with his wife, Gong Qing, and the entire case was restricted by the Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office from leaving the country in 2019 in accordance with the National Security Law. Currently, as the period of the border control is about to expire, the prosecution again applied to the North Court for an extension, and yesterday (3) ruled that the extension of the restriction on exit and sea travel for 2 months. However, according to Taiwan law, the extension of the border control is limited to two times only, so if the case does not find sufficient evidence to prosecute, then the couple will be afraid to leave the country.
The case originated with a man who claimed to be a Chinese Communist Party spy, Wang Liqiang, alleging in a 2019 interview with Australian media that China Innovation Investment was set up under the Chinese Communist Party’s General Staff to “infiltrate Hong Kong‘s financial markets and collect military intelligence” and that China Innovation Investment invested in Taiwan’s media industry so that the Chinese Communist Party could control them and attempt to censor them. The Chinese government has been trying to censor the media.
The Taiwan Taipei District Court yesterday found that the Xiangxin couple and four others are suspected of violating Article 5-1, Paragraph 1 and Article 2-1, Paragraph 1 of the National Security Law, and the crime involved is a felony with a sentence of five years or more, and there are facts and considerable reasons to believe that there is suspicion of flight, annihilation, forgery, falsification of evidence, collusion with accomplices or witnesses, and after consideration in accordance with the principle of proportionality, it is considered necessary to restrict the exit, so Ruling.
After the “Wang Liqiang spy case” 2019 broke out, Taiwan’s prosecution and investigation unit immediately launched an investigation and found that the two Xiangxin couples were in Taiwan and wanted to leave the country on the evening of November 24, 2019 to return to Hong Kong. The Investigation Bureau intercepted the two people at Taoyuan Airport that day and brought them back for interrogation, and transferred them to the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office for investigation in accordance with the suspected violation of the National Security Law.
In addition, the prosecution followed up on the activities and financial situation of the Xiangxin couple in Taiwan and found that they bought three mansions in Xinyi District, the best part of Taipei City, which were suspected to be used as a base for developing a spy organization in Taiwan.
The prosecution also found that two of the mansions were rented out to Lin Xu, the founder of Hong Kong-based Wanzhuo Group, and Su Jianfeng, the owner of a Chinese technology company. The prosecution also named the two as defendants in violation of the National Security Law and restricted them from leaving the country for eight months; however, the two claimed they had nothing to do with the espionage case and requested that the restriction be lifted, but the court rejected the request.
According to Taiwan’s new law, if a person considers it necessary to continue the restriction on leaving the country, he or she should apply to the court for an extension before the expiration of the restriction period with reasons, the first Time for 4 months and the second time for no more than 2 months, and the extension should be limited to 2 times.
After the Taipei District Attorney’s Office applied for a four-month extension of the restriction on the departure of Xiang Xin and his wife in early October last year, the Taipei District Attorney’s Office applied to the Taipei District Court for a two-month extension of the restriction on the departure of Xiang Xin and his wife because there are still many doubts about the whole case that have yet to be clarified, and they have requested judicial assistance from Australia in the hope that the truth of the case can be ascertained as soon as possible. The couple will be able to leave the country at that time.
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