Behind the Scenes: How Can Lai Qingde Tolerate 'Claw Rakes'? Chen Baili Destroys the 'Eyes and Ears' the Investigation Bureau Spent 10 Years Trying to Revive

Senior officials from Taiwan's five major law enforcement agencies — prosecutors, the Investigation Bureau, police, the Anti-Corruption Agency, and the Immigration Agency — gathered at the National Police Agency on July 20, 2026, to formally launch comprehensive election monitoring ahead of the year-end local elections. Premier Cho Jung-tai issued special instructions outlining six key priorities: strictly investigating vote-buying, preventing violence from infiltrating elections, dismantling election gambling rings to suppress electoral manipulation, blocking deepfake videos and disinformation, preventing foreign interference in elections, and strengthening security deployments. Cho expressed his hope that the joint efforts of prosecutors, investigators, police, anti-corruption units, and immigration authorities would ensure a clean, honorable, and meaningful election.

In particular, Cho emphasized that preventing foreign interference to safeguard democratic order is currently the most critical task. Law enforcement agencies must thoroughly investigate the sources of funding, organizational motives, gang affiliations, and local dissemination networks behind such interference, completely dismantling foreign forces attempting to undermine Taiwan's democratic processes. Currently, among the five integrated systems — prosecution, investigation, police, anti-corruption, and immigration — the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau remains the primary agency responsible for countering foreign interference. Cho's remarks at the rally thus serve as a direct signal to the Investigation Bureau, placing its performance under intense scrutiny as the final review of election monitoring efforts ahead of the year-end polls.