395 Taiwanese Detained or Missing in China; Two Police Officers Interrogated for Six Hours in Quanzhou

Taiwanese authorities are warning citizens, particularly law enforcement personnel, about the escalating risks of detention and interrogation in mainland China. As of July 15, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) reported a cumulative total of 395 Taiwanese nationals have gone missing, been detained, or had their personal freedom restricted in China.

This figure represents an increase of 10 individuals from the previous week. The total includes 153 missing persons, 32 detained, and 210 suspected of being held by Chinese authorities. The MAC highlighted that the detention of Taiwanese judicial police officers in China is not an isolated incident.

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Taiwanese judicial police personnel traveling to China for tourism have been detained and investigated by the CCP intelligence system; this is not the first case.

In a recent case, two Taiwanese police officers, one active duty and one retired, were detained upon checking into a guesthouse in Quanzhou on June 24. They were taken by six to seven Chinese national security agents to another location for a six-hour isolation interrogation. The interrogation reportedly focused on sensitive information regarding Taiwan's critical infrastructure and details about their families.

The MAC criticized Beijing's narrative, which suggests that Taiwanese individuals are only targeted if they engage in illegal activities. Authorities accused China of using such claims to downplay detentions and conduct cognitive warfare. The council reiterated its strong advisory against non-essential travel to China due to the persistent high risks.

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Those claims that 'if you don't engage in illegal activities, you will be safe' or 'the person concerned must have engaged in illegal activities to be targeted,' seem to align with the spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office's remarks: 'as long as you do not engage in illegal criminal activities, you can be safe and sound,' and 'the Taiwan government is maliciously hyping things up and intimidating the public.' This is helping the CCP conduct cognitive warfare, confuse right and wrong, and whitewash crimes.