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Prison sentence for Taiwanese “separatist” in mainland China leads to travel warning from Taipei

A Taiwanese political activist was sentenced to nine years in prison in mainland China for “separatism“, a first in the Taiwan Strait, which triggered an official travel warning from Taipei.
Yang Chih-yuan, 34, was officially arrested in April last year, eight months after his imprisoned in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou.

According to the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), the agency responsible for affairs on both sides of the mainland, Yang was found guilty of “long-term involvement in secessionist activities, actively advocating the idea of ​​'Taiwan independence' and playing a key role in pro-Taiwan independence organizations such as the Taiwan National Party.”

He is also accused of trying to promote “Taiwan statehood” and advocate for Taiwan's membership in the United Nations, the mainland's state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing TAO spokesman Chen Binhua.

The verdict by the Intermediate People's Court in Wenzhou, in the coastal province of Zhejiang, was announced on August 26, but the details were not released until Friday.

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