Beijing confirms it has detained Taiwanese business leader missing for 14 months
- Tsai Jin-shu is being investigated over ‘activities endangering national security’, the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office says
- The 60-year-old disappeared after travelling to Xiamen for a food fair
A business leader from Taiwan has been detained by mainland Chinese authorities and is being investigated over “activities endangering national security”, the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office confirmed on Wednesday.
Ma said Tsai’s family had been notified and his legitimate rights were being protected.
Earlier this month, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taiwan said that Tsai, chairman of the Federation of Southern Taiwan Cross-Strait Associations, had not been seen since July 21, 2018, when he travelled to Xiamen, in the mainland province of Fujian, to attend a food fair.
The SEF is a semi-official organisation that liaises with the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits on cross-strait issues. On September 13, it said it had sought help through various channels on the mainland to locate 60-year-old Tsai, but there was “no result so far”.
The organisation said it had handled 149 cases of Taiwanese who had gone missing on the mainland since May 20, 2016, but had been unable to obtain information in 67 cases.