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• Authorities investigating Chinese illegal entries

  • By Chen Yu-fu and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writer
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  National security authorities have initiated investigations into whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is behind a spate of illegal entries by Chinese boats and alleged cases of Chinese livestreaming students’ activities around schools in Taiwan, a source said on Sunday.

  Two Chinese — a father and son — on May 16 used a rubber dinghy to illegally arrive at Taoyuan’s Guanyin Beach (觀音海水浴場). They were arrested shortly afterward.

  A Chinese online influencer named “Shandong Kaiko” (山東凱哥) on May 18 posted a video on social media claiming that he had stowed away to Taiwan and planted the Chinese national flag at a site on the coast of Taoyuan’s Dayuan District (大園).

  

  A Chinese man is pictured in a flotation ring near Kinmen County’s Dadan Island on Friday last week.

  Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration

  The Coast Guard Administration on Friday last week apprehended a Chinese after he attempted to swim to Kinmen County’s Dadan Island (大膽島) using a flotation ring.

  An official familiar with the cross-strait situation speaking on condition of anonymity on Sunday said that sailing a rubber boat to Taiwan is against the law.

  Whether such attempts were made by human trafficking groups or by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to test Taiwan’s coastal defenses and conduct infiltration activities, authorities would consider all possibilities and impose strict regulations, the official said.

  

  A post by Taipei City Councilor Hsu Shu-hua warns residents of the Minsheng community about a woman allegedly livestreaming from an elementary school.

  Photo: Screengrab from Hsu Shu-hua’s Facebook page

  Illegal entries have proliferated and they do not seem to be regular public order contraventions, although in some cases Chinese appeared to takes photographs at the beach while traveling in Taiwan, the official said.

  Regarding Chinese livestreaming students at schools in Taiwan, the official confirmed that such incidents occurred at several schools almost at the same time.

  These cases are suspicious and authorities are investigating whether certain people or CCP-backed organizations were operating to threaten Taiwan’s national security or commit crimes, the official added.

  The government is aware of the suspected cases of livestreams, which have been reported to the National Immigration Agency and security agencies, the official said.

  To safeguard societal resilience, citizens encountering such unusual situations are advised to report them to authorities, they said.

  Taiwan has rule of law and infringing upon freedoms or causing panic among students in pursuit of online traffic is intolerable, the official said, adding that the motivation behind such behavior needs to be further understood.

  Separately yesterday, a Chinese national is being investigated for suspected offenses against privacy after live streaming elementary school students getting off from a school in Taipei, said the Songshan police precinct.

  The case was brought to light by Taipei City Councilor Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華), who described the May 15 incident, which happened in the city’s Minsheng community, in a Facebook post.

  Hsu said that concerned parents told her a Chinese man was allegedly filming their children and streaming it on Douyin, despite being repeatedly told not to. The streamer had already left when police arrived, but footage from nearby surveillance cameras allowed them to identify the person, a woman surnamed Liu (劉), the police said.

  Liu, a 52-year-old Chinese who is married to a Taiwanese and lives near the school, was tracked down the following day.

  She told police she was simply sharing her daily life in Taiwan, as well as local customs through livestreams.

  Filming people without their consent might infringe upon their portrait rights, and distributing images of minors online could contravening the children and youth protection law, police said.

  Additional reporting by CNA
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