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Taiwan Denounces China’s Spy Claims

Kuting Feng
First we turn to the Taiwan strait. Taiwanese authorities are denouncing the Chinese regime for releasing the forced T-V confession of a Taiwanese businessman. The man has been missing in China for over a year. Chinese police accuse him of supporting Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and spying for Taiwan. After disappearing in mainland China for over a year, Taiwanese businessman Lee Meng-chu finally showed up—in a Chinese state media program. Dressed in prison uniform, Lee “confessed” that he has “hurt his motherland.” The Taiwanese reportedly filmed a dozen videos of Chinese troops gathering at the border with Hong Kong during last year’s protests. He then shared some of them online. He also went to Hong Kong to support the pro-democracy protest. China accused him of “spying into state secrets for an overseas organization and endangering national security.” The Chinese regime has previously been criticized by rights groups and foreign governments for airing forced confessions of foreigners, often for political purposes. Beijing also claims Lee is just one of the hundreds of Taiwan spies they swept up in a new counterintelligence campaign. State media blasted Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen, saying she had, quote, “colluded with anti-China forces from outside...and frequently stirred up trouble.” Taipei authorities dismissed the accusation as a "political stunt" and demanded Beijing to release the man immediately.
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