The state media People’s Daily called for an international arrest warrant against Premier Lai
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/03
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China’s official news channel People’s Daily wrote on Saturday,
Premier Lai addressing the parliament on Friday (By Central News Agency)
March 31, that Taiwan’s Premier Lai should be prosecuted under China’s 2005 Anti-Secession Law for discussing Taiwan as an independent country, declaring him a “Taiwan independence worker.”
On Friday, March 30, Premier Lai told parliament that he believed Taiwan was an independent country and he is and always would work for an Independent Taiwan.
China’s media published Premier Lai’s comments and called his prosecution for “promoting Taiwan’s independence.”
“If evidence of his crimes are cast iron, then a global wanted notice can be issued for him,” wrote People’s Daily, China’s official media outlet as reported by Reuters.
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