Taiwanese ministry says the China Unification Promotion Party is involved in criminal activities and poses threat to stability and elections
Taiwanese authorities have proposed outlawing a small political party dedicated to unification with mainland China, citing concerns about infiltration and organised crime.
Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior announced on Thursday that it would formally request that the constitutional court dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), marking the first attempt to disband a Taiwanese political party in decades.
According to the ministry’s statement, the 30,000-member CUPP has engaged in “systematic and organised criminal activities”. It said key members had “repeatedly” violated various laws, “posing serious threats to national security, social stability, and electoral integrity”.
The ministry announced in November it would gather evidence to seek the formal disbanding of the CUPP.
It reported eight specific cases involving 11 people and noted that as many as 134 CUPP members were suspected of breaching various laws from 2010 to 2024. They were suspected of illegal activities ranging from obstruction of justice to human trafficking and murder.
