Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) petitioned the Constitutional Court on Friday to dissolve the pro-China Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), citing alleged threats to national security and Taiwan's democratic constitutional order. MOI Chief Secretary Huang Chun-i (黃駿逸) and ministry official Cheng Ying-hung (鄭英弘) submitted the petition on the ministry's behalf. China" event at National Taiwan University, and a confrontation involving Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in 2017. Under the Political Parties Act, the competent authority may gather relevant evidence and petition the Constitutional Court to dissolve such a party, the ministry said. CUPP Party Chairman Chang An-le (張安樂), a former leader of the local Bamboo Union triad, said at a July 30 press conference that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) should be held to the same standard.