TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is considering asking the Constitutional Court to disband a small pro-China party due to its propagandizing on behalf of China as well as criminal involvement, reports said Wednesday (Nov. 6).

The China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) was founded by Chang An-le (張安樂), a former senior figure in organized crime also known as the “White Wolf.” Though it never won any seats in elections, the party has gained prominence for its promotion of Chinese Communist Party viewpoints and for protests against supporters of Taiwan independence and of democracy in Hong Kong.

The MOI said Wednesday that 134 CUPP members had been involved in a range of crimes from murder and theft to blackmail and human trafficking from 2010 to 2024, the Liberty Times reported. 

In the most recent case, CUPP Spokesperson Chang Meng-chung (張孟崇) and his wife were indicted Monday (Nov. 4) for accepting NT$74 million (US$2.29 million) from China over 12 years to fund broadcasts and social media posts supporting election candidates and spreading Chinese military propaganda.

Overall, the CUPP was involved in five violations of the National Security Act, and one each of the Anti-Infiltration Act, the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, and the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, the MOI said. The party was involved in systematic activities damaging to national security and social order, the ministry added.

While the Constitution guaranteed citizens’ freedom to form political parties. However, if the aim or actions of a political party harmed the country’s existence or its democratic constitutional order, the authorities could ask the Constitutional Court to disband that party, the MOI said.