A Taiwanese court has handed a seven-year sentence to a China-born political organizer for helping Beijing meddle in two elections, and prosecutors say the punishment was too soft.

• Hsu Chun-ying, once head of the Taiwan People's Party's new-immigrant committee, was convicted of taking orders from Chinese officials to campaign for TPP candidates.
• The court found she rallied support for Huang Shan-shan in the 2022 Taipei mayor race and for presidential candidate Ko Wen-je in 2024.
• She was also convicted of running an underground money-transfer operation, lying to a bank to get a mortgage loan, and using fake papers to bring a Chinese united-front official into Taiwan.
• That visitor used a business-trip cover to meet a KMT vice chairman, a retired general, and several party and business figures.
• New Taipei prosecutors have appealed, calling the sentences too light and challenging the acquittals of a co-defendant.

Outlook: An appeal will likely push for longer sentences, and the case sets a marker for how hard Taiwan enforces its anti-infiltration law before the next election cycle.