Mainland spokesperson says police investigation of separatist acts legitimate, necessary

It is legitimate and necessary for police to seek clues on illegal separatist acts, said a mainland spokesperson on Thursday.

The police of Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Thursday issued a bounty notice for clues on criminal and illegal activities of two Taiwan social media influencers who acted as enforcers and accomplices for secessionist forces.

According to the police investigation, Wen Tzu-yu, with the online alias "Pa Chiung," and Chen Po-yuan, also known as "Minnan Wolf," have long been engaged in publishing and spreading secessionist fallacies.

Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said those two Taiwan social media influencers have long made inflammatory remarks inciting separatism and disparaging the mainland's policies and measures designed to benefit Taiwan region and residents in the region.

Chen expressed the hope that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait would actively report clues about such illegal activities and urged them to firmly oppose all forms of "Taiwan independence" separatist actions.

(Cover: Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, during a regular press conference. /VCG)