The National Immigration Agency has revoked the permanent residency and household registration of a Chinese spouse for allegedly advocating for China to annex Taiwan by force and reporting coworkers’ activities to Beijing, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday.
Chinese national Qian Li (錢麗) reportedly works at Asustek Computer Inc where she is a key member of its workers’ union, the council said.
She allegedly reported her supervisors and coworkers to Beijing for contravening the laws of the People’s Republic of China, and set up a Facebook page to advocate for China’s use of force to take over Taiwan and intimidate Taiwanese, it said, adding that immigration and cross-strait officials were informed about the case.
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MAC Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung (沈有忠) told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee that Qian’s permanent residency and household registration were revoked on Aug. 28 following multiple discussions among government agencies.
MAC Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) told a news conference that Qian’s permanent residency and household registration were revoked in accordance with 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), after authorities determined that her actions endangered national security and risked destabilizing society.
Unlike three Chinese spouses who were ordered to leave the country soon after their household registrations were canceled earlier this year, Qian can continue to stay in Taiwan, work and use the National Health Insurance and Labor Insurance systems, as the reason for her residency — she is married to a Taiwanese — has not changed, Liang said.
Qian is appealing the ruling to the Executive Yuan and possibly the administrative courts, Liang said, adding that she can use Taiwanese laws to defend her rights.
Meanwhile, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Puma Shen (沈柏洋) is being investigated by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security for allegedly “undermining national unity.”
Shen said he could be arrested by Chinese security personnel while overseas.
Since 2017, China has handled about 3,000 cases through the Interpol, of which 500 were “red notices,” a request that law enforcement authorities arrest a person pending extradition, Liang said.
A Uighur activist was arrested and detained in Morocco in 2021 after China issued a red notice for him, he said.
Shen’s arrest could happen in countries particularly close to China, although extradition treaties that China signed with 60 countries generally exclude the extradition of political prisoners, Liang said.
Under UN treaties, a person can only be extradited when both countries believe them to have committed a criminal offense.
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