‘Next’ accuses Hsieh of being spy in 1980s

Hsieh and the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MOJIB), the agency he allegedly worked for as an informant, both dismissed the allegations made by Next magazine.

Next claimed that from 1980-1988 Hsieh received cash and expensive gifts from MOJIB in return for spying on “Tang Wai,” the popular name for the then pro-democracy opposition camp, in which he held a prominent role while Taiwan was still under martial law.

According to the tabloid magazine’s allegations in its latest issue, Hsieh was a member of the Taipei City Council when he started collecting intelligence, which the MOJIB called “Project Kuang Hua.”

The government was anxious to gather insider information on Tang Wai after the infamous 1979 Kaohsiung Incident, in which several opposition leaders were tried on sedition charges.

Hsieh was part of the team of attorneys who defended the opposition leaders.

The magazine said Hseih was recruited by a MOJIB agent who was a former classmate of his at a vocational school in Taipei.

The magazine said there were five MOJIB agents on the Project Kuang Hua task force, which met with Hsieh once every month.

“This is rivals’ election tactics,” Hsieh was cited by the United Evening News as saying in response to the magazine’s allegations.

He said that last year when he was running in the DPP presidential primary, the same magazine alleged that he was involved in corruption.

But eight months on, he has not been charged with anything by prosecutors, he said.

He said during the martial law era, intelligence units, including the fearsome Taiwan Garrison Command and the MOJIB, made every attempt to prevent Tang Wai from forming into a political party or arranging street protests.

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