China’s claim that five Taiwanese companies provided support for a “psychological warfare unit” is a harmful attempt to intimidate and divide Taiwanese society, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday.
The Xiamen Public Security Bureau on Saturday last week published the names, photographs and ID numbers of 18 alleged “core members” of a Taiwanese “psychological warfare unit.”
China Central Television’s online Ri Yue Tan Tian (日月譚天) on Friday reported that “netizens in Taiwan” told it about the “crimes” of the supposed military unit and listed five Taiwanese firms: EZTrust Technology Co, LargeitData Inc, DiTV Technolog Co, Digimiracle Tech Co and MasterConcept Co, which it said funded the unit.
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using spurious legal tactics of psychological warfare to sow division in Taiwan by claiming that Taiwanese Internet users informed China about Taiwanese companies and the military, the MAC said yesterday.
The CCP is attempting to pressure the Taiwanese public, the MAC said, adding that Beijing could easily use such tactics against any company in any industry, creating the illusion that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has jurisdiction over Taiwan.
The CCP hopes to demoralize the military and discourage Taiwanese, the MAC said, adding that Taiwanese must see such actions for what they are and not play into China’s hands.
The CCP has no jurisdiction over Taiwan and its threats are in direct contravention of the rules-based international order, it said, adding that Taipei has the ability and resolve to protect Taiwanese and businesses.
The public should pay no heed to the reports and not be easily threatened by China, it said.
Any individual or industry that provides China with information would, depending on the information supplied, risk contravening the National Security Act (國安法), the National Intelligence Act (國家情報工作法) or the Criminal Code and face up to seven years in prison, it said.
People should not work with China and risk breaking the law for tiny benefits, the MAC added.
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