Chinese police issue bounties on Taiwanese influencers

Rapper Chen Po-yuan (left), better known by his stage name Mannam PYC, is one of two influencers wanted by China for disseminating “anti-China” content online. - Reuters

BEIJING: Chinese police on Thursday (Nov 13) offered bounties of up to US$35,000 for help in arresting Taiwanese influencers Wen Tzu-yu and Chen Po-yuan on allegations that the pair disseminated "anti-China" content online.

The two men "acted as enforcers and accomplices" of Taiwan independence and caused a "severely negative impact", the police statement said, urging the public to provide information on them.