Mother of Chinese YouTuber who supports Taiwan detained, questioned by authorities
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/04
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After a Chinese YouTuber expressed support for Taiwan while vlogging from the
(Screenshot from Vlog心声 Youtube video)
U.S., his mother was detained by Chinese authorities.
A Chinese YouTuber surnamed Liu, who currently resides in the U.S., has attracted attention for his previous comments in support of Taiwan’s freedom and democracy on his YouTube account Vlog心声. On Feb. 21, he announced that his mother had been detained by the National Security Bureau of Suzhou, China for four days and he was very worried.
On Feb. 21, he released a 13-minute video in which he showed a message sent to him by his mother via WeChat, which asked him what he had posted online because she found herself suddenly being called by the National Security Bureau and was asked to come in for questioning. She said that she was very frightened and was going to turn off her phone.
Liu said that his mother had been taken away by the National Security Bureau of Suzhou on Feb. 17, and he had gone several days without news from her. Three days after he posted the video, he suddenly received a video call from his father. [FULL STORY]