China Pressures Taiwanese Company to Dismiss Liu Shih-fang's Relative; DPP: Cross-Border Repression Escalates
The DPP's China Affairs Department stated that the Chinese government pressured a Taiwanese company to dismiss Yen Wen-chun, the nephew of Interior Minister Liu Shih-fang, calling it an escalation of the CCP's 'cross-border repression' against the Taiwanese people. They pointed out that this is not only arbitrary 'political coercion' against Taiwanese companies but also extends pressure to relatives, akin to a modern version of ancient 'collective punishment.'
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(Central News Agency reporter Yeh Su-ping, Taipei 7th) The DPP's China Affairs Department stated today that the Chinese government pressured a Taiwanese company to dismiss Yen Wen-chun, the nephew of Interior Minister Liu Shih-fang. The CCP has once again violated the bottom line of civilization with 'cross-border repression' against the Taiwanese people, not only arbitrarily engaging in 'political coercion' against Taiwanese companies but also extending pressure to relatives, which is fundamentally a modern version of ancient 'collective punishment.'
According to Xinhua News Agency, China's Rongtan Technology Co., Ltd. issued a statement on the 5th, indicating that as of April 7, all positions held by Yen Wen-chun, a relative of Interior Minister Liu Shih-fang, in Taiwan Rongtan Technology and its mainland subsidiaries have been terminated.
The DPP's China Affairs Department posted on Facebook today, stating that since the CCP announced the '22 Articles on Punishing Separatists' and set up a 'reporting mailbox,' its intimidation and pressure on Taiwan have never stopped. Now, it has escalated to the point of deeming 'one person guilty, implicating relatives,' as if returning to the ancient Chinese feudal imperial era's 'extermination of nine generations,' and even 'a return to the Cultural Revolution overnight.' This move will only make the world see the CCP's 'authoritarian and totalitarian' nature, and its malicious disregard for civilization's bottom line and trampling on universal human rights.
The DPP's China Affairs Department emphasized that from China's continued ranking as the 'most severe country for cross-border repression' in international human rights organizations' April report, or the recent revelation that mainland spouse Hsu Chun-ying was 'monitoring mainland spouses in Taichung for the CCP,' to the case of Yen Wen-chun, it can be seen that the CCP's methods and intensity of cross-border repression. Its red terror is not only targeting Chinese people and exporting to Hong Kong, but now it also wants to extend and expand to Taiwanese people, aiming to create a terrifying atmosphere of 'everyone is guilty, everyone is in danger.'
The DPP's China Affairs Department reiterated that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is a sovereign and independent country, not subordinate to the People's Republic of China. The CCP has never ruled Taiwan for a single day, and whether it is the 22 Articles on Punishing Separatists, the Anti-Secession Law, or any other form of malicious Chinese law, they have no jurisdiction over Taiwanese people.
The DPP's China Affairs Department stated that the CCP authorities' malicious suppression of Taiwan's international space, pressure and coercion of Taiwanese companies developing in China, and persecution and intimidation of people participating in cross-strait exchanges all prove that China is the biggest source of tension in cross-strait relations, undermining stability in the Taiwan Strait, and exporting authoritarian expansion. (Edited by Lin Ke-lun, Lin Hsing-meng) 1150507
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(Central News Agency reporter Yeh Su-ping, Taipei 7th) The DPP's China Affairs Department stated today that the Chinese government pressured a Taiwanese company to dismiss Yen Wen-chun, the nephew of Interior Minister Liu Shih-fang. The CCP has once again violated the bottom line of civilization with 'cross-border repression' against the Taiwanese people, not only arbitrarily engaging in 'political coercion' against Taiwanese companies but also extending pressure to relatives, which is fundamentally a modern version of ancient 'collective punishment.'
According to Xinhua News Agency, China's Rongtan Technology Co., Ltd. issued a statement on the 5th, indicating that as of April 7, all positions held by Yen Wen-chun, a relative of Interior Minister Liu Shih-fang, in Taiwan Rongtan Technology and its mainland subsidiaries have been terminated.
The DPP's China Affairs Department posted on Facebook today, stating that since the CCP announced the '22 Articles on Punishing Separatists' and set up a 'reporting mailbox,' its intimidation and pressure on Taiwan have never stopped. Now, it has escalated to the point of deeming 'one person guilty, implicating relatives,' as if returning to the ancient Chinese feudal imperial era's 'extermination of nine generations,' and even 'a return to the Cultural Revolution overnight.' This move will only make the world see the CCP's 'authoritarian and totalitarian' nature, and its malicious disregard for civilization's bottom line and trampling on universal human rights.
The DPP's China Affairs Department emphasized that from China's continued ranking as the 'most severe country for cross-border repression' in international human rights organizations' April report, or the recent revelation that mainland spouse Hsu Chun-ying was 'monitoring mainland spouses in Taichung for the CCP,' to the case of Yen Wen-chun, it can be seen that the CCP's methods and intensity of cross-border repression. Its red terror is not only targeting Chinese people and exporting to Hong Kong, but now it also wants to extend and expand to Taiwanese people, aiming to create a terrifying atmosphere of 'everyone is guilty, everyone is in danger.'
The DPP's China Affairs Department reiterated that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is a sovereign and independent country, not subordinate to the People's Republic of China. The CCP has never ruled Taiwan for a single day, and whether it is the 22 Articles on Punishing Separatists, the Anti-Secession Law, or any other form of malicious Chinese law, they have no jurisdiction over Taiwanese people.
The DPP's China Affairs Department stated that the CCP authorities' malicious suppression of Taiwan's international space, pressure and coercion of Taiwanese companies developing in China, and persecution and intimidation of people participating in cross-strait exchanges all prove that China is the biggest source of tension in cross-strait relations, undermining stability in the Taiwan Strait, and exporting authoritarian expansion. (Edited by Lin Ke-lun, Lin Hsing-meng) 1150507
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