According to comprehensive Taiwan media reports, Taiwan's Taipei District Court sentenced Lin Huai, former president of the Taiwan Compatriots Investment Enterprise Association (Changsha Taiwan Association), to 3 years and 10 months in prison for the so-called "obtaining mainland funds" and dragging up the election of Chinese Kuomintang candidate Han Kuo-yu, and the other 4 people involved in the case each sentenced to 1 year and 8 months. Lin Huai himself said in an interview with the media that "he has been wronged." Mr. Han, on the other hand, responded through his office that he was "unaware" of the event, and he himself denounced insinuations on social media. On 19 July, the Changsha Taiwan Association issued a statement condemning the relevant taiwan authorities for fabricating charges, deliberately framing them, and arbitrarily sentencing Taiwan businessmen.
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On 18 July, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the All-China Federation of Taiwan Enterprises appealed to the Taiwan authorities concerned not to act arbitrarily and create "green terror" by the rights conferred by the people, and accused the DPP of planting stolen goods to frame the Taiwan compatriots concerned, and that if they commit many acts of injustice, they will kill themselves.
Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, pointed out in response to an inquiry on 18 July that the DPP authorities are accustomed to fabricating all kinds of excuses to attack Taiwan businessmen and Taiwan compatriots and Taiwan groups and personalities involved in cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, to create "green terror," to create hostility and confrontation between the two sides of the strait through political manipulation, to undermine cross-strait relations, and to harm the interests of Taiwan compatriots. We strongly condemn the DPP authorities for planting bribes to frame the Taiwan compatriots concerned. We warn the DPP authorities that if they commit many acts of injustice, they will kill themselves.
The All-China Association of Taiwan Compatriots' Investment Enterprises issued a statement saying that it solemnly condemns the relevant departments in Taiwan for fabricating charges and arbitrarily sentencing Taiwan businessmen. The statement pointed out that providing relevant services for Taiwan businessmen to return to Taiwan to participate in elections, exercising democratic rights, and doing what is within their capabilities has always been one of the affairs of the Taiwan Affairs Association. This is a well-known fact, and the Taiwan authorities concerned have taken this as an excuse to arbitrarily blame Chairman Lin Huai and other Taiwan businessmen, and the vast number of Taiwan businessmen who have heard the news have all sighed: Where is justice and where is "democracy and freedom"? Especially when the Taiwan region is about to hold the "nine-in-one" election in 2022, the judgment on the 2019 incident can be described as "Sima Zhao's heart, known to passers-by".
The statement pointed out that we once again call on the relevant departments in Taiwan not to turn a deaf ear to the voices of the people, not to use the rights entrusted by the people to act arbitrarily and create "green terror," and to return President Lin Huai and the vast number of Taiwan businessmen as soon as possible with fairness and fairness.
On the 19th, the Changsha Association of Taiwan Compatriots Investment Enterprises issued a statement saying that on January 17, the Taipei District Court falsely sentenced lin huai, former president of the association, and five other Taiwan businessmen to prison sentences on the grounds of organizing "improper election campaigns" in November 2019. The Changsha Municipal Taiwan Association and the vast number of Taiwan businessmen and compatriots in Hunan were indignant and expressed strong condemnation.
【Former President of Changsha Taiwan Association: Lin Yuan】
The Changsha Taiwan Affairs Association said that as early as May 2020, the Hunan Provincial Taiwan Affairs Office issued a statement in response to Lin Huai's indictment, pointing out that the tail tooth activity held by the Changsha Taiwan Businessmen Association at the Huatian Hotel at the end of 2019 was a traditional dinner party that the association has held for many years, and the funds for the meal were the association's own funds, and the participants were completely only Taiwan businessmen, Taiwan compatriots, and Taiwan affiliates.
The statement said: The Taipei District Court disregarded the facts and arbitrarily sentenced Lin Huai and other Taiwan businessmen on the grounds of "bribery of elections." This is a complete fabrication, a deliberate framing, and a people's hearts are hard to convince.
The statement also said that the reason why the Taipei District Court chose to make a judgment on the events of 2019 on the occasion of Taiwan's upcoming so-called "nine-in-one" elections is that, as the statement of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Enterprises on the mainland said, "it can be described as the heart of Sima Zhao, and passers-by are well known." Its purpose is to create "green terror," undermine cross-strait relations, obstruct normal cross-strait economic and trade exchanges, and create a "chilling effect" in which everyone endangers themselves.
In conclusion, the Changsha Taiwan Association said, "The two sides of the strait were originally one family. We firmly believe that promoting normal cross-strait exchanges and peaceful development is the hope of the people on both sides of the strait. As Taiwan businessmen working the mainland, we resolutely oppose the relevant taiwan departments, maliciously obstruct cross-strait exchanges, and create separatism. We strongly appeal to the relevant departments in Taiwan not to turn a deaf ear to the voices of the people for the sake of the selfishness of one party, to act arbitrarily at the power entrusted to them by the people, and to return President Lin Huai and five other Taiwan businessmen as soon as possible to be just and fair."