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https://www.theage.com.au/national/r...g-liqiang-20200107-p53pkl.html

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A self-confessed Chinese intelligence operative seeking to defect to
Australia was allegedly warned on Christmas Eve that he could be sent back to
China and killed unless he publicly retracted his story.

Wang Liqiang caused an international scandal in November when he told The
Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes that he had worked on behalf of
a Beijing-directed foreign interference ring targeting independence and
democracy movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mr Wang fled to Australia to
seek asylum and assist ASIO.

The Chinese government dismissed his claims as false and said he was a
convicted criminal, while ASIO director-general Mike Burgess issued a rare
statement saying his agency took claims of foreign interference seriously.

Australian security agencies have now learnt that Mr Wang received the first
of a series of threats and inducements on Christmas Eve, according to sources
with direct knowledge of the events who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Mr Wang could not be reached for comment and appears to have gone into
hiding. However, the sources said he was told in a series of messages that
his family would be spared punishment and his debts would be repaid if he
gave a public statement retracting his claims about spying for China. The
directives sent to Mr Wang appear to have been co-ordinated by a senior
political operative in Taiwan and a businessman in China, according to
sources and messages sighted by this masthead.


Mr Wang was provided with a script and told to record a video message in
which he would falsely claim that Taiwan’s democratically elected governing
party, the Democratic Progressive Party, had bribed him to lie by offering
him “a large sum of money”. Such a video would be a controversial
intervention in Taiwan's presidential election this weekend, where Chinese
Communist Party influence and Mr Wang's claims of being ordered to disrupt
the election have become a key political issue.

The Australian Federal Police is treating seriously alleged threats to Mr
Wang, with sources confirming they opened an investigation in the hours after
the first message was received on Christmas Eve.

"The Australian Federal Police is aware of threats made against a man
currently residing in Australia," a spokesman said. "The AFP takes threats of
this nature seriously and has commenced an investigation."

The AFP also said its Counter-Espionage and Special Investigations Taskforce
was targeting "foreign interference activities ranging from covert influence
campaigns to traditional espionage".


A video message
Taiwan's authorities are investigating Mr Wang's claims in November that he
helped run a “cyber army” distributing pro-Beijing propaganda during
municipal elections in 2018. One of the Facebook pages Mr Wang nominated as a
covert propaganda tool was recently shut down by Facebook. He also said he
had been ordered to interfere in the January 11 presidential election and
that it was at this point he decided to defect.

Sources familiar with the communications say that on Christmas Eve and over
the following days, Mr Wang was told that he must record and release a video
retracting those claims and instead implicate President Tsai Ing-wen's
Democratic Progressive Party in bribery.

The two men suspected of co-ordinating the directives are controversial
Taiwanese political figure Alex Tsai and a China-based businessman called Mr
Sun. Mr Tsai is a former legislator and a current deputy secretary of
Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), which is opposing
President Tsai in the election.

涉嫌發出這些指令的兩個人是臺灣政治人物Alex Tsai，以及中國商人孫先生
蔡先生是主要反對黨KMT的副秘書長、前立委




Mr Tsai is regarded as close to Beijing and was arrested and briefly detained
in 2017 for alleged embezzlement.
蔡先生被認為與北京靠攏，他在2017年因為侵佔公款曾被短暫羈押
（應該是指涉侵吞中影資產3.7億事件，見蔡正元wiki）



Among the messages Mr Tsai allegedly sent Mr Wang are photos of Mr Tsai
meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mr Wang was told that if he followed
the directives prior to the presidential election this Saturday he would be
welcomed back to China or Taiwan, given financial benefits and have his
family protected. If he did not comply, however, he was told he would be
extradited to China to face death or even be targeted for reprisals in
Australia.

根據蔡先生發給王立強的訊息，裡面有蔡先生與習近平見面的照片，
他告訴王先生，如果他跟從在本週六總統大選前的指示。
歡迎他回到中國或臺灣，他將會有利益、且會保護他家庭。

但如果他不遵守約定，他則可能被引渡到中國面對死亡（face death）
甚至可能在澳大利亞就被報復

The activity targeting Mr Wang appears aimed at swaying the outcome of
Taiwan's presidential election by falsely implicating the governing party in
corruption. If the DPP and President Tsai lost the election it would be a
major coup for the Chinese government.

The script Mr Wang was instructed to read also includes a line in which he
would recant allegations he made against businessman Xiang Xin, who Mr Wang
claimed employed him in Hong Kong and led a Chinese Communist Party spy ring.

"About Xiang Xin, he is only an acquaintance I've met one or two times," the
script read. "I implicated him and his wife in espionage together because he
is the richest person and most high-status person I know."


After Mr Wang's spying claims were aired in Australia in November, Mr Xiang
was prevented from leaving Taiwan by national security officials who began
investigating him. Mr Xiang, who has deep ties to China's military technology
sector, denies all wrongdoing.

The script Mr Wang was told to read states that he had conducted his November
interview revealing his Taiwan spy allegations because a person from the DPP
had "promised me ... the Democratic Progressive Party would guarantee that it
would give me a large sum of money and sort out my asylum application in
Australia or help me settle in Taiwan".

'Freely settle in Taiwan'
Sources have allowed The Age and Herald  to view some of the messages sent to
Mr Wang via intermediaries on various messaging applications. The initial
approaches attempted to offer Mr Wang inducements in return for his
co-operation. One message said, “if you take up the offer by the end of this
month, everyone will help ensure you safely return to mainland China, and at
the same time will help you resolve all your debts". Another said: “The KMT
has agreed that they can let him freely settle in Taiwan.”

While Mr Tsai appears to have been prepared to offer only inducements to Mr
Wang – namely, safe passage to Taiwan arranged by his political party – Mr
Sun issued both threats and inducements. Messages obtained by The Age and the
Herald also show Mr Sun and Mr Tsai communicating with each other and
discussing how to deal with Mr Wang.



Sources alleged Mr Sun warned that Mr Wang could be extradited to China and
killed or his family on the Chinese mainland punished if he did not
co-operate. It is an offence under Australian foreign interference laws to
infringe on the rights of a person in Australia such as an asylum seeker by
using bribery or threats in order to advance the interests of a foreign power.

Interviewed on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Tsai said: "I have been in direct
contact with Wang. My friend [Mr Sun] has also been in direct contact with
him."

Mr Tsai denied acting inappropriately or having any involvement in urging Mr
Wang to record a script implicating the DPP in corruption.

"I haven't asked him to put out any statement," Mr Tsai said. However, Mr
Tsai sent Mr Sun a message in which he appears to refer to the script Mr Wang
was to be directed to record.

Mr Sun said on Wednesday that he had written the script for Mr Wang to read.

Mr Sun described himself as a close friend of Xiang Xin but, contrary to Mr
Tsai's interview and messages seen by The Age and Herald, denied being in
contact with Mr Tsai.

While Mr Xiang has denied knowning Mr Wang, Mr Sun said the pair had met
"once or twice". Mr Sun also confirmed that Mr Xiang had worked for the
Chinese military. Mr Sun denied threatening Mr Wang or his family.




Seeking asylum
Mr Wang’s November television interview sparked a political firestorm in
Taiwan. The Chinese government is seeking to reunify Taiwan with the mainland
despite fierce opposition from the ruling DPP, and Chinese influence in
Taiwan has become a key political issue.





基本上跟新聞報得一樣，剛剛查詢一下，陸續有臺灣報社報導了
自由報導的那一篇蠻接近這一篇的中文翻譯

這邊單純提供國外媒體(AGE)的來源

世紀報（英語：The Age），是費爾法克斯傳媒時代有限公司在1854年澳大利亞墨爾本發
行的每日新聞報紙


心得：蔡英文哥哥救我啊～～～～



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