A spokesperson of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has announced that sanctions will be imposed on so call “Taiwan independence” diehards on a mainland’s list.
In a press statement, Beijing has declared to punish “Taiwan independence” diehards namely Bi-khim Hsiao, Koo Li-hsiung, Tsai Chi-chang, Ker Chien-ming, Lin Fei-fan, Chen Jiau-hua, and Wang Ting-yu as diehards and punitive measures to be imposed on them
These individuals and their family members will be banned from entering the mainland and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao. Their affiliated institutions are restricted from forging cooperation with relevant organizations and individuals on the mainland. The enterprises related to them, as well as their sponsors, are prohibited from engaging in profit-making activities on the mainland. Other punitive measures will also be taken. They will be held to lifelong accountability according to law, said the spokesperson.
Sanctions will be also imposed on the president of the “Taiwan Foundation for Democracy,” and the secretary general of the “International Cooperation and Development Fund.” They will be banned from entering the mainland, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, said the spokesperson. You Si-kun is the chairman of the “Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.” Jaushieh Joseph Wu is the chairman of the “International Cooperation and Development Fund.”
Beijing said actions seeking “Taiwan independence” constitute the biggest obstacle to China’s reunification and a grave danger to national rejuvenation. It claimed they had deliberately instigated confrontations across the Taiwan Strait, and recklessly undermined peace and stability in the region and that their activities became all the more egregious during the visit by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to China’s Taiwan region, further exposing their obstinate nature in seeking “Taiwan independence,” the spokesperson said.
The names of diehard separatists announced today are only a part of the list and said more will be released in time.
