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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - The Chinese flag is seen in the background of a laptop screen with XJEase code printed. — Reuters pic
BEIJING, Oct 11 — Chinese police on Saturday offered rewards of US$1,400 (RM5,900) for information about 18 people it said were Taiwanese military psychological operations officers spreading “separatist” messages, a day after Taiwan pledged to boost its defences.
China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has increased its military and political pressure against the island.
The public security bureau in the Chinese city of Xiamen, which sits opposite Taiwan on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, said the 18 were core members of Taiwan military’s “psychological warfare unit”, and published their pictures, names and Taiwan identity card numbers.
The unit handles tasks such as disinformation, intelligence gathering, psychological warfare and the broadcast of propaganda, the security bureau said in a statement.
“For a long time they plotted to incite separatist activities,” the bureau said, adding there would be rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (RM5,900) for tips leading to their arrest.
They launched websites for smear campaigns, created seditious games to incite secession, produced fake video content to mislead people, operated illegal radios for “infiltration”, and manipulated public opinion with resources from “external forces”, the state Xinhua news agency said in a separate report.
Taiwan’s defence ministry had no immediate comment. The wanted notice is largely symbolic given that Taiwanese intelligence officers do not openly visit the country and China’s legal system has no jurisdiction on the island.
On Friday, President Lai Ching-te pledged greater efforts to boost Taiwan’s defences, calling on China to renounce the use of force to seize the island. China reacted with anger, calling Lai a troublemaker and a “war-maker”.
In June of this year, China issued a similar bounty for the arrest of 20 people Beijing said were Taiwanese military hackers. Taiwan dismissed that threat, saying it would not be intimidated. — Reuters
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