00:00A district court has found the chair and vice-chair of the Taiwan People's Communist Party
00:05not guilty of accepting funds from China to interfere in Taiwan's local elections.
00:11The two men were indicted in 2023 for violating the Anti-Infiltration Act.
00:17Prosecutors say they have maintained close ties with officials at China's Taiwan Affairs Office for years
00:22and ran for public office with funding from Beijing.
00:26But the Taipei District Court says there is not enough evidence for a conviction and ruled the two not guilty.
00:33The case can still be appealed.
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