Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi’s (傅?萁) trip to Hong Kong served China’s interests and he acts as though the enemy is Taiwan’s ruling party, Democratic Progressive Party caucus secretary-general Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘) told a news conference at the legislature in Taipei yesterday.
“The KMT is embracing the Chinese Communist Party as a friend, while it treats the DPP as the enemy,” Tsai said.
China is conducting its largest military exercise in three decades, with drills by Chinese naval and coast guard vessels along China’s coast, including in the Taiwan Strait, while its aircraft have also been active, he said, adding that Taiwan’s defenses are on high alert.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
“Yet as this is going on, the largest opposition party and its caucus leader are on a trip to Hong Kong and meeting with Chinese officials,” he said. “Fu is acting as a foot soldier of China.”
It is disheartening, because DPP lawmakers have proposed amendments to enhance national security and bolster military defenses to deter a Chinese invasion, but the KMT is doing the opposite by cooperating with Beijing and undermining the effort to safeguard Taiwan’s sovereignty, he said.
Fu and his wife, KMT Hualien County Commissioner Hsu Chen-wei (徐榛蔚), are in Hong Kong to promote Hualien’s agricultural products and tourism, he said.
They plan to sign a direct air flight agreement between Hong Kong and Hualien City.
DPP Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) said it is no wonder that each time he proposed tougher national security laws to help combat pervasive infiltration by Chinese agents and proxies, Fu and the KMT blocked them.
They have done so 26 times this year, Shen said.
DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) said that Fu was more like a Chinese government official than a legislator representing a constituency in Taiwan.
It is uncertain which country Fu is serving, Wu said.
Fu has traveled to China often, including heading a group of 17 KMT legislators to Beijing to meet with top Chinese government officials in April, she said.
“Fu is the KMT’s caucus whip. He should be working with his party at committees and at cross-party negotiations, but he is in Hong Kong and the meetings are delayed,” Wu said.
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