00:00Local media are reporting that the main opposition Kuomintang chair's recent visit to China was funded by a group sanctioned
00:07by Beijing.
00:08Mirror Media says the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy paid over 150,000 U.S. dollars for Zhengliwen's trip.
00:16The KMT says it, quote, legally applied to the foundation for the visit without confirming whether it received funding.
00:23The foundation is a government funded nonprofit that supports democracy and human rights and provides funding to political parties for
00:31related activities.
00:32It says it has not provided funding for this trip.
00:35The foundation was sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party in 2022 for supporting what they call pro-independence separatist forces.
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