Recently, it has been reported that 12 Hong Kong people were allegedly detained by the Guangdong Coast Guard on their way to flee Taiwan, and another five Hong Kong “anti-sending” protesters, who arrived in Taiwan via Dongsha Island, have been detained by Taiwan for two months now. The Hong Kong SAR government has taken a completely different approach to the Hong Kong people detained on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and has consistently “turned a blind eye” to the Hong Kong people detained on the mainland, but has offered “mutual legal assistance” to the Taiwan authorities, asking Taiwan to hand over the people.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Sunday that the detainees were not fighting for democracy, but were trying to split Hong Kong from China. The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) said that the detainees are trying to split Hong Kong from China, and the family of one of the detainees denounced this as absurd.
The SAR government said on Sunday that it respects and will not interfere with law enforcement actions in other jurisdictions. On the other hand, Hong Kong Executive Council member Mr. Tong Ka-wah claimed that if the Hong Kong people committed crimes in mainland China, they should be tried and serve their sentences there, and the SAR government has no right to request extradition to Hong Kong.
On the other hand, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau said Saturday (12) that the SAR government had not received any news of Taiwan intercepting Hong Kong “fugitives” and called on other jurisdictions to “take a clear stand against harboring criminals suspected of crimes in Hong Kong.
However, Taiwan’s authorities have asked the Hong Kong government to provide mutual legal assistance to Hong Kong resident Chen Tongjia, who is suspected of killing his girlfriend in Taiwan, but the Hong Kong government has refused, and Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice has stated that “it is regrettable that justice cannot be done. Last October, a Taiwanese man, armed with an air gun, robbed a watch store in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong and fled to Taiwan.
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