The MAC slams Beijing’s ‘cross-border suppression’By Chung Li-hua / Staff Reporter, with ReutersThe Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday accused China of engaging in “cross-border suppression and political manipulation,” after a Chinese public security bureau alleged that it was Taiwanese citizens who led a smuggling operation involving a Chinese-crewed vessel that damaged subsea cables earlier this year. Yesterday, the public security bureau in Weihai in China’s Shandong Province said its investigations into the incident showed that two Taiwanese men were behind a multi-vessel operation that was illegally transporting frozen goods into China. The Chinese authorities’ findings came after interviewing seven Chinese crew members of the Hong Tai 58. If the CCP’s Ministry of Public Security has concrete evidence, it can provide that evidence to Taiwan’s law enforcement agencies to cooperate in preventing cross-strait crimes. However, in the absence of concrete evidence, publicly disclosing names and offering rewards is not a civilized approach; it is merely another form of cross-border suppression and political manipulation,” the council said.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2025 16:03 UTC