The Anti-Infiltration Act (Chinese: 反滲透法) is a law regulating the influence of entities deemed foreign hostile forces on the political processes of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan), including elections and referendums. The act was passed by the Legislative Yuan on 31 December 2019 and promulgated by the Tsai Ing-wen presidential administration on 15 January 2020. The law has been used to prosecute individuals connected to united front organizations in Taiwan.
On 25 November 2019, the Democratic Progressive Party caucus formally proposed an anti-infiltration bill for legislative consideration.[6][7] The anti-infiltration bill was moved to a second reading four days later.[8][9]Kuomintang legislators boycotted the vote, and proposed the "bill against the annexation of the Republic of China [zh]" to replace the DPP's anti-infiltration bill.[10]
Cross-caucus negotiations on the anti-infiltration bill took place in late December 2019, although only two of twelve articles were discussed, and the only agreement reached regarded the title of the act.[11][12] The bill passed its third legislative reading on 31 December 2019, and became the Anti-Infiltration Act.[13][14] The act passed 67–0 due to a Kuomintang boycott of the final reading,[15][16] as the Democratic Progressive Party held a majority in the Ninth Legislative Yuan.[17] Prior to its promulgation, Kuomintang and People First Party legislators petitioned the Council of Grand Justices for a ruling on the law.[18] The Anti-infiltration Act took effect on 15 January 2020.[19]
Proposed amendments
Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen proposed an amendment to Article 6 of the act in May 2020, linking the Anti-infiltration Act to provisions of the Criminal Code of the Republic of China [zh] covering cybersecurity, murder, intimidation and harm to others.[20] An amendment drafted by Chiu Chih-wei in April 2022 proposed permitting the dissolution of political parties found by the Constitutional Court to have colluded with an enemy state to affect the outcome of an election in Taiwan.[21]
Content
The Anti-Infiltration Act contains twelve articles.[22][23] It bars people from accepting money or acting on instructions from foreign hostile forces [zh] to lobby for political causes, make political donations, or disrupt assemblies, social order, elections, and referendums.[24][25] Foreign hostile forces are defined by the act as countries or political entities at war or engaging in a military standoff with Taiwan.[26] The act also includes provisions on disinformation.[27][28] Violations of the act are punishable by a maximum fine not to exceed NT$10 million or five years imprisonment.[29][30] Acts of infiltration were defined by considering applicable provisions of other laws, among them the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act [zh], the Referendum Act, the Assembly and Parade Act [zh] and the Social Order Maintenance Act.[31]
Reception
Support
In addition to the Democratic Progressive Party caucus and majority in the Ninth Legislative Yuan, support for the Anti-Infiltration Act came from former defense minister Michael Tsai.[32][33]
The New Power Party offered measured support, stating that the law could be further strengthened.[34]
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je supported the purpose of the bill but called for its wording to be clearly defined and for its contents to be discussed.[35][36]
The bill/law has been cited by researchers as an important means for Taiwan to combat Mainland China’s propaganda and disinformation campaigns.[37][38][39] Prior to its passage, Sung Cheng-en of the Taiwan Democracy Watch stated that the Anti-Infiltration Act should have included regulations on political propaganda.[40]
Opposition
Taiwanese businesses and industry organizations located in China expressed opposition to the act,[41][42] as did Terry Gou.[43]
Before the bill's passage in December 2019, Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian stated that it had "already caused alarm and panic" amongst Taiwanese businesspeople and students in China.[55]
Effects
Tsai Ing-wen responded to criticisms of the Anti-Infiltration Act in a speech on 1 January 2020.[56][57][58] After the act was promulgated on 15 January 2020, Tsai stressed that legal exchanges with China would not be adversely affected, and asked the Executive Yuan and Straits Exchange Foundation to clarify questions about the law.[59][60]
Flags of the People's Republic of China, first flown along Mofan Street in Jincheng, Kinmen, in 2018 to welcome Chinese tourists, were voluntarily taken down days after the Anti-Infiltration Act passed its third legislative reading, as residents feared that the law made flying the PRC flag illegal.[61]
Master Chain (大師鏈), a pro-Chinese government media outlet, withdrew from the Taiwan market following the passage of the Anti-Infiltration Act.[62]
The first warrants and searches under the purview of the act were carried out during the 2022 local election cycle.[63] Legal actions for violations of the Anti-Infiltration Act during the 2022 elections continued into 2024.[64] In August 2023, three individuals connected to united front organizations in Taiwan were indicted for violations of the law.[65] In October 2023, the founder of the Taiwan People's Communist Party, Lin Te-wang, and two other party members were indicted under the Anti-Infiltration Act for undertaking pro-Chinese Communist Partyinfluence operations in coordination with the Taiwan Affairs Office to interfere in elections.[66][67][68] In December 2023, one month before presidential and legislative elections were to be held, seventeen indictments for violations of the Anti-Infiltration Act were issued.[69] The same month, the former deputy chairman of the For Public Good Party and others were arrested on suspicion on contravening the Anti-Infiltration Act for receiving money from China to fabricate political opinion polling.[70] In January 2024, a former Taiwan People's Party candidate, Ma Chih-wei, was arrested on allegations of receiving campaign funding from China in violation of the Anti-Infiltration Act.[71][72] Investigative efforts expanded as the 2024 general election drew closer. Over fifty people were questioned by the Yilan District Prosecutors' Office for suspected violations of the Anti-Infiltration Act,[73] and former legislator Chang Hsien-yao was questioned by the Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office.[74]
^Wang, Flor; Hsio, Po-wen (24 November 2022). "Prosecutors raid premises over alleged vote-buying with Chinese funds". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022. Taipei prosecutors raided the homes and offices of three people, including one surnamed Pan (潘) based on the provisions of the Anti-Infiltration Act Thursday, searching for evidence of vote-buying using alleged Chinese funds, the first such searches ahead of Saturday's local elections and since the Act took effect on Jan. 15, 2020. Prosecutors and Investigation Bureau agents searched four locations belonging to Pan and two another [sic] people, with the first search warrants ever issued based on the Act, on the grounds the suspects were engaged in buying votes at the behest of Chinese backers.
^Shen, Ru-feng; Yang, Evelyn (10 January 2024). "Over 50 listed as defendants in alleged subsidized China trip case". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2024. More than 50 people who allegedly traveled to Beijing last year on a trip "disproportionately subsidized" by the Chinese government have been listed as defendants after being questioned by prosecutors, the Yilan District Prosecutors Office said Wednesday. Prosecutors said in a statement that 53 people traveled to Beijing for a five-day trip in December 2023, however, the tour leaders were not tourism professionals, and the schedule was thought to have been arranged by local offices under China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO). Prosecutors added that their initial investigation had found the 53 people were part of three tour groups, fewer than the 100 people and five groups initially rumored to have traveled. The people are suspected of violating the Anti-Infiltration Act, Public officials Election and Recall Act, and the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, and were questioned by agencies including the police and National Immigration Agency on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
^Hung, Hsueh-kuang; Yang, Evelyn (10 January 2024). "Former KMT lawmaker released on bail in alleged Chinese interference case". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2024. Former Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker Chang Hsien-yao (張顯耀) was released on NT$1 million (US$32,129) bail Wednesday after being questioned on suspicion of being involved in cases of Chinese interference in the Jan. 13 elections, according to the Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office. The prosecutors said Chang was questioned on Tuesday on suspicion of violating the Anti-Infiltration Act and the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, however, it was deemed that keeping him in custody was not necessary. Chang was therefore released on bail of NT$1 million Wednesday. Prosecutors said they were still investigating the case and did not provide further details.
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