The Chinese wife of a Taiwanese, surnamed Liu (劉), who openly advocated for China’s use of force against Taiwan, would be forcibly deported according to the law if she has not left Taiwan by Friday, National Immigration Agency (NIA) officials said yesterday.
Liu, an influencer better known by her online channel name Yaya in Taiwan (亞亞在台灣), obtained permanent residency via marriage to a Taiwanese.
She has been reported for allegedly repeatedly espousing pro-unification comments on her YouTube and TikTok channels, including comments supporting China’s unification with Taiwan by force and the Chinese government’s stance that “Taiwan is an inseparable part of China.”
Photo copied by Liu Ching-ho, Taipei Times
Liu was called in by the NIA on March 4 over the reports, and the NIA on Tuesday revoked Liu’s dependent visa, adding that Liu must leave Taiwan within 10 days and cannot apply for a dependent visa for five years.
Liu’s residence permit was revoked in accordance with Article 14 of the Measures for the Permission of Family-based Residence, Long-term Residence and Settlement of People from the Mainland Area in the Taiwan Area (大陸地區人民在台灣地區依親居留長期居留或定居許可辦法), the NIA said in a news release.
The official process for the revocation of Liu’s visa was completed yesterday, the NIA said.
The decision had taken into consideration how Liu’s family would be affected, but ultimately decided to proceed, as her comments undermined the nation’s democratic way of life and Taiwan’s sovereignty, Immigration Affairs Division director Hsu Yun (徐昀) said.
Liu was reported by people who felt that Liu’s public support for unification by force had violated the law, and the NIA launched investigations into whether Liu’s actions 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).
The NIA warned online streamers to refrain from making certain types of commentary online to boost view rates and garner attention.
Such acts could cause the streamers to break the law and waste the government’s time and resources in terms of paperwork and administrative processes, it said.
Any act that harms or would bring harm to the country’s democratic way of life is condemned, it added.
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