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Taiwan deports second mainland Chinese man for defacing Lennon Wall backing Hong Kong protests
- Businessman expelled on Monday for damaging property by removing posters
- Hong Kong protests continue to resonate in self-ruled Taiwan
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Sarah Zhengin Beijing
Taiwan has deported a second mainland Chinese traveller this month for tearing down posters supporting Hong Kong’s anti-government protests from a “Lennon Wall” display.
The businessman, identified by his surname Hu, was expelled from Taiwan on Monday evening and prevented from re-entering the island for five years. Prosecutors found he had “damaged property” by removing posters on Sunday at an underpass in Taichung, in the island’s west, Taiwan’s immigration department said on Tuesday. Hu was also fined NT$30,000 (US$980).
The colourful Lennon Walls – like those in Hong Kong itself – have appeared across Taiwan, featuring Post-its and posters in support of the more than four months of protests in the city, but they have also been the site of clashes between supporters and opponents.
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The demonstrations in Hong Kong – triggered by a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed the transfer of criminal suspects to the mainland’s opaque legal system – also call for universal suffrage and accountability for alleged police brutality.
Another mainlander, Li Shaodong, was deported from Taiwan on October 9 for removing protest-related posters from a Lennon Wall at the National Taiwan University in Taipei.
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