Taipei [Taiwan], December 7 (ANI): A Taiwan official confirmed the arrest of three Taiwanese nationals by authorities in Guangdong, a southern Chinese province, in reference to spiritual actions tied to the I-Kuan Tao religious motion on Wednesday.
The motion is banned by the Chinese Communist Party, Radio Free Asia reported.
Lo Wen-Jia, the top of Taiwan’s semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation, advised reporters in Taipei that the three I-Kuan Tao followers, all of their seventies, had been arrested throughout a raid on a scripture-reading gathering at a non-public residence in Zhongshan metropolis, as reported by Radio Free Asia.
Lo acknowledged, “Around Oct. 10 this year, police suddenly entered a private residence in Zhongshan, China to arrest the people inside. The number of people who were present is unclear. Three of them are elderly I-Kuan Tao followers from Taiwan, in their 70s. They were reading I-Kuan Tao scriptures with local people.”I-Kuan Tao, or the Consistent Way, is a Chinese spiritual motion that originated within the late nineteenth century and gained vital reputation throughout the Japanese occupation of World War II. In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party labelled it an “illegal secret society and heretical cult.”Despite this, the motion has flourished in Taiwan since martial regulation was lifted, and the Kuomintang regime underneath Chiang Ching-kuo issued an official apology for previous persecutions in 1987, reported Radio Free Asia.
Lo added that the Foundation had contacted its Chinese counterpart, the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, in addition to Chinese regulation enforcement, to hunt help, however had acquired no response.
Lo additionally talked about that the Foundation is trying into various channels to assemble extra details about the detainees’ scenario and is providing authorized assist to their households, Radio Free Asia reported.
Chiu Chui-cheng, head of the Mainland Affairs Council, emphasised that the detentions spotlight the rising dangers Taiwanese nationals face when touring to China. He additionally famous that the federal government now advises “heightened caution.” (ANI)