China approves arrest of Taiwanese activist: Beijing media
ROC Central News Agency
04/25/2023 11:18 AM
Taipei, April 25 (CNA) The Supreme People's Procuratorate has granted a request to arrest Taiwanese activist Yang Chih-yuan (楊智淵), who has been detained since Aug. 3, 2022 in Wenzhou on charges of secession, Chinese media reported Tuesday.
The state security bureau in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province concluded its investigation into the charges against Yang, and the request to arrest him has been approved by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Beijing Daily cited the court as reporting Tuesday.
China's CCTV reported in August 2022 that Yang was taken into custody by the state security bureau in Wenzhou on Aug. 3, 2022 on charges related to his activities in support for Taiwan independence, endangering national security.
Yang has since been confined in a guarded facility.
Yang was born in 1990 in Taichung. He has served as vice chairman of the Taiwan National Party, a fringe political party advocating Taiwan independence, since 2019.
CCTV said at the time of his arrest that Yang had long advocated Taiwan independence and established the "illegal" "Taiwan National Party" to advocate Taiwan becoming a sovereign and independent country and gaining membership in the United Nations.
Because of those actions, CCTV said, Yang was suspected of committing the crime of secession and inciting the crime of secession, but the government-run media outlet did not offer any other details of Yang's activities, including in the People's Republic of China.
The news of Yang being arrested in China came hours after then United States House speaker Nancy Pelosi ended her 19-hour trip in Taiwan, a visit that had prompted strong reactions from Beijing, including days of military exercises around Taiwan.
(By Shih Hsiu-chuan)
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