Three people have had their Taiwanese citizenship revoked after the authorities confirmed that they hold a Chinese ID card, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister and spokesman Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) told a press conference today.
Two of the three people are Su Shien (蘇士恩), who displayed a Chinese ID card in a recent video about Beijing’s “united front” tactics by YouTuber Pa Chiung (八炯) and Taiwanese rapper Chen Po-yuan (陳柏源) which revealed that a Taiwanese man Lin Jincheng (林金城) has been assisting other Taiwanese with Chinese ID applications, and taekwondo athlete Lee Tung-hsien (李東憲) who mentioned he had obtained a Chinese ID card in a phone call with Chen in the video.
Lee, who reportedly had worked in China for a long time and joined the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2022, displayed a Chinese flag after winning a bronze medal at the Asia-Pacific Masters Games in South Korea in 2023, saying that he was proud to be Chinese.
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The MAC did not reveal the identity of the third person.
Liang said more than ten people have been reported as having obtained a Chinese ID card and called on the public to provide information to the authorities if they know about such people.
Taiwanese would be treated as Chinese nationals if their citizenship is revoked, Liang said, adding that they would have to apply for a permit if they want to come back to Taiwan and would not be allowed to use the national health insurance.
Article 9-1 of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (兩岸人民關係條例) bans Taiwanese from having Chinese passports or having a registered household in China, or their Taiwanese household registration papers, ID cards and passports would be invalidated, Liang previously said.
Over the past 10 years, 679 Taiwanese have had their household registration papers, ID cards and passports invalidated after they obtained a Chinese passport or household registration, MAC Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said previously.
Additional reporting by Lee Wen-hsin, Chen Yu-fu, Sam Garcia and Shelley Shan
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