Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/02/21
By: Chen Chun-hua and Flor Wang
New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明, right)
Taipei, Feb. 21 (CNA) Taiwan will strongly oppose the planned revision of an extradition law in Hong Kong to facilitate the extradition of criminal suspects between the two sides, if it is based on Beijing’s “one China” principle, a government official said Thursday.
Taiwan will never change its position in this regard either before or after the law amendment even if the two sides are eligible to sign an extradition agreement (to deal with fugitives in the future), said Liu Yi-chun (劉怡君), a prosecutor with the Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Justice.
“Although Taiwan has been seeking mutual judicial assistance with different jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, the government will not accept an extradition agreement that erodes Taiwan’s dignity and sovereignty,” Liu said.
Liu made the remarks following a press conference held by New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) earlier the same day, in which he criticized the justice ministry’s positive attitude to the law revision proposal by Hong Kong. [FULL STORY]