Die-hard Taiwan separatists deserve punishment, Chen Binhua, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference in Beijing o Wednesday.
He was referring to the bans on a Taiwan company related to Shen Pao-yang, or Puma Shen, announced by the office in June. The ban has deprived Shen, a die-hard supporter of Taiwan secession, of the right to make deals or cooperate with organizations, businesses and individuals in the mainland.
"On the one hand, the die-hard Taiwan separatists are loutish and rampant in their provocative remarks and attitudes of seeking secession, attacking and blackening cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation in waving the banner of 'resisting the Central Government to protect Taiwan' in disguise. On the other hand, they are hypocritical and use double-standard to seek nothing but profits. They themselves make money by advocating secession, while their families grab gains from cross-Strait trade. Such rotten apples and shameless guys deserve it when they are punished according to law and exposed and criticized by the public opinion," Chen said.
Chen said that Taiwan is part of China and the country never allows the Taiwan secessionist forces to secede Taiwan from China under any name or by any means.
"It is justifiable, reasonable and legitimate to punish Taiwan secessionist die-hards for splitting the country and inciting secession in accordance with the law," he said.
"Taiwan's DPP authorities deliberately fabricates charges and suppresses dissidents on the island, stirring up 'green terror.' The Taiwan secessionist die-hards are malicious in their words and deeds, and rampant in their separatist conducts. They collude with each other, act together for dishonest purposes, carry out fake democracy and real dictatorship, and what they have done have completely violated the spirit of democracy and seriously infringed on basic human rights. How can they have the face to talk about democracy?" said Chen.
Die-hard Taiwan separatists deserve punishment: spokesman
