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Zhang Junjie, a former director who was released on a 10 million NTD bail for allegedly defrauding assistant fees, destroyed his electronic ankle monitor in early September and fled to mainland China by fishing boat from Keelung Fishing Port.
On November 6, Taiwan prosecutors officially indicted incumbent legislator Gao Jin Su-mei, accusing her of receiving approximately 170 million in CCP funds to develop a united front network in Taiwan and manage election resources for indigenous tribes, seeking a 14-year prison sentence.
Cheng Wanjun, former editor-in-chief of the magazine "Law and Life," was sentenced to six years in prison for commenting on Xi Jinping. After his release, he fled to Thailand and flew to Taiwan on November 3 to seek help, but was deported back to Thailand due to a lack of valid documents.
On November 3, Cheng Wanjun, former editor-in-chief of "Law and Life" magazine, flew from Thailand to Taiwan Taoyuan Airport to seek short-term humanitarian protection and transit to a third country. He is currently restricted to the airport holding lounge. He stated that although the UNHCR in Thailand classified him as a high-risk case, his personal safety could not be guaranteed.
On November 3, a mainland netizen posted about their trip to Taiwan, highlighting cultural details such as Taiwan's cultural currency subsidies, accessible facilities, gender-friendly advocacy, convenient MRT services, and polite language.
On November 2, Haixia Net, under the Fujian Daily Press Group, published a report focusing on the resignation phenomenon of Taiwan's military, public, and educational personnel, using the term "escape wave" to describe the resignation situation of local public officials.
After examining relevant recordings and evidence and summoning the defendants, the prosecutor determined that the content in the livestream where Da Shixiong, Xiao Wei, and others accused Guan Chang was well-founded, and decided not to prosecute.
NTU professor Yuan Juzheng claimed on a television program that Switzerland has no cities and that all European countries have cabinet systems, while NCCU professor Liu Dehai claimed that Poland joined Biden in launching the Russia-Ukraine war, sparking questioning and criticism.
On the evening of November 1, former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen appeared at the campaign rally for Shen Po-yang's Taipei mayoral bid and delivered a speech, stating that voting is not about hatred or teaching anyone a lesson, but about realizing the future one desires and choosing a lifestyle one wants to be closer to.
On November 1, a Weibo blogger posted praise for Tsai Ing-wen's reduction of retirement benefits for military, civil, and teaching staff during her tenure, with netizens calling her "courageous." The discussion shifted to the pension gap in mainland China, the craze for civil service exams, and voting rights, with many questioning whether mainland policymakers would ever cut their own benefits.
On October 31, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council announced that from January 1, 2024, to October 30, 2026, a total of 466 Taiwan residents have gone missing, been detained for questioning, or are suspected of having their personal freedom restricted while visiting China. Among them, 177 are missing, 43 were detained for questioning, and 246 were imprisoned, with five new cases added in just the past eight days.
On the afternoon of October 31, less than four weeks before the nine-in-one elections, the first televised debate for the Taipei mayoral race was held. DPP candidate Shen Boyang proposed three policy platforms: planting trees, addressing child abuse, and improving school lunches. Incumbent Mayor Chiang Wan-an criticized his proposals as vague, listed his own administrative achievements over the past four years, and presented a vision for building a Taipei AI park.
Before the nine-in-one elections, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council continues to maintain an orange travel alert for mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, advising citizens to avoid non-essential travel; the Taiwan Affairs Office stated that cross-strait personnel exchanges increased by 22% year-on-year in the first half of the year, claiming that Taiwanese citizens can travel to the mainland safely as long as they do not violate the law.
On October 29, the campaign team for DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Po-yang stated that their official campaign website and a newly launched road adoption site were hit by cyberattacks, with the latter receiving over 70,000 fake entries within an hour. The team has cleared the backdoor programs, updated the system, and strengthened defenses, and the websites have resumed normal operation.
Taiwan's national security units and Japan have released alarming military deployment data, showing as many as 53 Chinese warships, coast guard vessels, and aircraft carriers distributed from the waters around the Taiwan Strait to the First Island Chain.