Taiwan separatists ‘to be sanctioned’

BEIJING: A spokesperson of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced sanctions on “Taiwan independence” diehards on a Chinese mainland’s list.

In order to safeguard the peaceful development of the cross-Strait relations and the immediate interests of the people on both sides of the Strait, and resolutely punish “Taiwan independence” diehard elements, it is decided that Bi-khim Hsiao, Koo Li-hsiung, Tsai Chi-chang, Ker Chien-ming, Lin Fei-fan, Chen Jiau-hua and Wang Ting-yu are listed as diehard “Taiwan independence” separatists, and punitive measures are imposed on them, as well as Su Tseng-chang, You Si-kun and Jaushieh Joseph Wu, who had already been on the list, said the spokesperson.