A former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) mainland affairs director is to be investigated by the Mainland Affairs Council for allegedly claiming to represent Taiwanese when attending a symposium in China earlier this month that observed the 20th anniversary of the implementation of China’s “Anti-Secession” Law at which he said that the law is “the best medicine for unification,” an official familiar with the matter said yesterday.
The council would investigate if Huang Ching-hsien (黃清賢) contravened the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) by colluding with high-ranking members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as Chinese military and government officials.
The highest-ranking Chinese official at the symposium held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14 was National People’s Congress of China Chairman Zhao Leji (趙樂際). Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅), United Front Work Department head Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong (王小洪), Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission Liu Zhenli (劉振立), Commander of the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army Lin Xiangyang (林向陽) and other officials also attended.
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Huang, who serves as director of the Taiwan Political Research Center at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, said that Taiwan’s “unification with the motherland” would be best achieved through peaceful means, which is in line with the fundamental rights and interests of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The “Anti-Secession” Law combats “Taiwanese independence separatists” and would curb their impulses for independence, he said, adding that it authorizes the Chinese government to use non-peaceful means and other measures to prevent secession.
The authorities in Taiwan should consider the rights and welfare of the public and not misjudge the situation, he added.
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Huang claimed to represent Taiwan at the event that was designed to intimidate Taiwanese, and what he said was used by the CCP as propaganda, the official said.
Huang might have contravened Article 33-1 of the act, which bans people, organizations or other institutions from engaging in any form of cooperative activity with agencies, institutions or organizations in China which are attached to the CCP or the military, or which are involved in political work against Taiwan or affect national security or Taiwan’s interests, the official said.
Huang would be asked to return to Taiwan to explain himself, the official said.
The government would definitely enforce cross-strait regulations since Huang went to the event to support the CCP, the official said.
If Huang has a household registration in China, his Taiwanese ID card would be revoked and he would be asked to leave the country, the official said.
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