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Taiwan considers strengthening entry screening for Hong Kongers to block 'oppression of foreign personnel'

For those with a criminal record and Hong Kong residents born in mainland China... Authorities “We do not impose uniform restrictions”

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  • The Taiwanese government is considering strengthening entry screening for some Hong Kong residents, including those with criminal records or those born in mainland China.
  • Sun Yu-chung, vice-chairman of Taiwan's mainland committee, said there would be no uniform restrictions on all Hong Kong residents.

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The Taiwanese government is considering strengthening entry screening for some Hong Kong residents to prevent so-called "extra-border repression," which involves threatening or assaulting foreign personnel. The background is an incident in which Akio Yaita, a former Japanese journalist, was assaulted by a Hong Kong gang member of Chinese nationality in Taichung, Taiwan last July.

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The Taiwanese government is considering strengthening entry screening for some Hong Kong residents to prevent so-called "extra-border repression," which involves threatening or assaulting foreign personnel.

According to the Taiwan Union Newspaper on the 11th, Sun Yu-chung, deputy director of the Taiwan Mainland Committee (Vice Minister level), said in a lecture at the National University of Political Science the previous day that incidents of repression outside the border have been increasing recently and that entry screening for certain types of Hong Kong residents could be strengthened.

There are two types of targets: Hong Kong residents with a criminal record or history of involvement with organized crime, and people who were born in mainland China and acquired Hong Kong resident status after moving to Hong Kong.

Deputy Director Sun said, "Since the return of Hong Kong in 1997, the number of cases of people born in mainland China acquiring Hong Kong resident status has been increasing. If a person with a specific political purpose acquires Hong Kong resident status and then performs duties in another democratic country, loopholes in management are likely to occur."

This is intended to block the possibility of people from mainland China using their Hong Kong resident status to enter Taiwan and engage in activities for political purposes, and it is interpreted as a measure aimed at China.

However, he emphasized that Hong Kong will not be treated the same as mainland China or that entry of all Hong Kong residents will be uniformly restricted.

The background to this measure is also related to the incident in Taichung, Taiwan, in July, when Akio Yaita, a former Japanese journalist and head of the Indo-Pacific Strategy Think Tank, was assaulted by a Hong Kong gang member of Chinese nationality.

Taiwanese prosecutors judged this incident to be a crime aimed at systematic oppression of overseas figures and indicted a Hong Kong gang member last month, and the defendant admitted the charges in the first trial the day before.

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  • There is a possibility that Taiwan will implement measures to strengthen entry screening for some Hong Kong residents.

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • When will the enhanced entry screening be implemented specifically?
  • What is the specific scope of Hong Kong residents subject to enhanced screening?
  • What specific impact will this measure have on Taiwan-China relations?

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