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‘Diehard’ supporters of Taiwan independence face mainland China ban and criminal charges for life
- Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office says separatists will face criminal charges and they and their families will be banned from mainland, Hong Kong and Macau
- Premier Su Tseng-chang, Legislative Yuan president Yu Shyi-kun and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu are first on the blacklist for ‘malicious attacks’ on mainland
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Those seeking Taiwan independence will be prosecuted and banned from entering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, Beijing has warned.
In a short statement on Friday, the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing said the mainland would punish people seen as part of the “diehard” Taiwanese pro-independence force, prohibiting them and their family members from entering the mainland and the two special administrative regions.
This comes after Beijing’s declaration last year that it was drawing up a blacklist of “diehard Taiwanese separatists” and their financial supporters.
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Beijing did not name anyone on the list at the time, but on Friday the office said that Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang, Legislative Yuan president Yu Shyi-kun and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu had been “vigorously inciting cross-strait confrontation and malicious attacks against the mainland”.
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“They and their affiliates will be restricted from cooperating with mainland organisations and individuals. They and their affiliates and those who offer financial support to them will never be allowed to gain any profit from the mainland,” office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian said in the statement.
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