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TSU urges government
to deport TAO official for misstating travel purposes
By Chris Wang / Staff reporter
A senior Chinese official in charge of Taiwan affairs should be deported for
practices inconsistent with his travel purposes and his pro-unification
comments, the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) said yesterday.
Sun Yafu (®]¨È¤Ò), deputy director of China¡¦s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), visited
Taiwan to attend a forum on cross-strait issues held on Monday and Tuesday last
week, but has been allowed to stay until Tuesday next week, TSU caucus whip
Huang Wen-ling (¶À¤å¬Â) told a press conference.
¡§Sun is not your ordinary Chinese tourist. He has repeatedly promoted the ¡¥one
China¡¦ ideology and made comments that impinged on Taiwan¡¦s sovereignty,¡¨ Huang
said.
Since the forum, Sun has been visiting various locations around the nation, she
said.
On three occasions, the TSU demanded the National Immigration Agency provide
Sun¡¦s itinerary, but the agency refused.
The agency said that Sun was invited by private organizations and his itinerary
is unavailable.
The comments and activities of Chinese officials should be monitored even if
they invited by private organizations, Huang said, adding that her party urged
people to report Sun¡¦s whereabouts.
The objective of Sun¡¦s visit was to do more than attend the forum, which was
organized by the pro-unification Chinese Integration Association, otherwise he
would not have applied for a two-week stay TSU Legislator Lin Shih-chia (ªL¥@¹Å)
said.
Sun met Hualien County Commissioner Fu Kun-chi (³Å±XÛm) on Friday to discuss direct
flights between China and Hualien, which is not related to cultural exchanges,
the stated purpose of Sun¡¦s visit, Lin said.
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