Citing national security concerns, DPP lawmakers yesterday called on the government to publicize cases where Chinese spies had infiltrated Taiwan.
"Yu Ke-li (
Wang added that another person holding a high rank in the Chinese government had been invited to Taiwan by National Central University.
Yu, a deputy director of the Taiwan Research Institute within the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was in Taiwan in April and met with various Taiwanese political figures during his visit.
Wang said that the information concerning Yu had been confirmed by Han Kun, deputy director of the National Security Bureau, during their meeting at the Legislative Yuan yesterday.
"Han Kun told me that he was aware of Yu's identity, and that therefore, everything was `under control,'" Wang said.
Wang went on to say that Wu Guozhen (
Ethnically Taiwanese, Wu earned a bachelor's degree from National Tsing Hua University, but had been working for various Chinese academic institutions since 1977. He is presently teaching at Qinghua University in Beijing, according to Wang.
Wang said the National Security Bureau should make public all spy cases to protect national security.
Cheng Tao-leng (
Cheng said he would continue to look into the case to determine if National Central University and the National Science Council were aware of Wu's status when they decided to invite him.
Lawmakers attending the press conference also raised concerns about the lack of police to monitor Chinese entering Taiwan.
DPP Legislator Chang Ching-fang (
"The number [of Chinese visitors] will grow even faster after the `small three links' (
Cheng, Wang and another DPP lawmaker, Yeh Yi-jin (
Meanwhile, yesterday Han said that the number of suspected Chinese spies under observation by Taiwan's intelligence agencies was " in the hundreds."
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