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KMT sidelines foreign influence bill
‘MOUTHPIECE FOR CHINA’: DPP Legislator Chen Ting-fei slammed the KMT, saying that the bill is much needed in the face of Beijing’s attempts to influence Taiwanese
By Chien Hui-ju
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) on Saturday slammed the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) after the latter returned a draft foreign influences transparency act to the legislature’s Procedure Committee earlier in the week.
“The KMT ignores the will of the majority and is willing to turn itself into a mouthpiece for Chinese communists and serve their interests. This is absolutely unacceptable,” said Chen, one of the bill’s 31 cosponsors.