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Chinese dissident writer who demanded a public memorial of the massacre in Tiananmen Square was stranded with her family in a second country after being denied entry by authorities in democratic Taiwan.
Deng Liting, who fled to Thailand with her home after being detained and assaulted by authorities in the western megalopolis of Chongqing in July, claimed she had hoped to. seek political asylum in Taiwan, which has never been governed by the Chinese Communist Party or a part of the People’s Republic of China.
However, there was no refugee law on the island and concerns about a wave of asylum-seekers from neighboring China, according to her interview on Wednesday. She also said she would not reveal where she is now because she was afraid for “long-arm ” law enforcement. by the Foreign position.
The Taiwan Immigration Agency confirmed to RFA that Deng, her father, and brother had already flown through Taiwan but had already left without being able to go through emigration.
“The Taiwanese staff told me that Taiwan does n’t have a refugee law, so they really could n’t grant me asylum, ” Deng said. I told them that I only wanted to get in touch with a third nation, any country that would accept me, but they said it was n’t their responsibility to assist me. ”
“They were very hard on that, and I was n’t say too much else, as it could have had bad effects, ” she said. “They told me to keep, so I and my family left. ”
According to Deng, officials had informed her that Taiwan is reluctant to grant any asylum applications out of fear of bringing on a large influx of Chinese hospital seekers, many of whom are enlisting in the “run” movements of mass migration to other nations.
“There was no way it did happen, ” she said. “We were in Taiwan for less than 24 hours, which was really fast. ”
“ I thought about it, but I did n’t want to make it hard for them, ” she said. They informed me that a close call in the past ten years has received social hospital. ”
Anxiety of resettlement
Deng’s unwillingness of entrance comes after officials in Taiwan sent three Taiwanese citizens back after they arrived in Taipei seeking social refuge in Malaysia in February.
She has declined to disclose where she is now based out of fear of being forced to relocate to China, where she could face imprisonment and a prison sentence in relation to her social media post about the anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square murder, which is prohibited in China.
Deng’s album Chinese-language book “The World of Lost Souls ” was likewise criticized for being critical of China under the ruling Communist Party, she said.
“On June 3 this year, I posted a video supporting the [1989 Tiananmen protests ] to my WeChat, Weibo and Douyin accounts, ” Deng said. Many people re-shared it, which caused my Twitter videos account and Douyin to be blocked. ”
“On June 4, my son and I were arrested in Chongqing, ” she said. “The police interrogated, threatened, pushed, pulled and tore my clothing in front of my brother, leaving him with severe emotional stress. ”
Soon after the incident, Deng purchased airline tickets for herself and her family and flew to Thailand, where she learned that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees may grant her status as a political immigrant after four months.
In order to be resettled in a second nation, the family rather flew to Taiwan in hopes of being accepted it.
Our family simply wants to live a normal life where our human rights are protected and unafraid, Deng, who uses the brush name Molu and is from Guangxi’s southwest, posted to her X accounts on August 28. 20 after arriving at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport.
We were born in an autocratic nation, where we have spent the majority of our life in fear. We are still being hunted down, and are still on the move, ” she wrote.
According to Deng, Guangxi police said they were considering a sentence of seven years in prison for her case because it was deemed to be” serious.” Additionally, they threatened to imprison her younger son along with her.
‘A extremely dangerous circumstance’
Deng said she is stressed and frightened, and has no notion where to go next.
She said,” I hope there is a country that will take us.” We are truly in a very dangerous condition at this time, so I hope it will happen soon. ”
The lack of a migrant regulation means that authorities decide asylum cases based on political considerations rather than its underlying virtues, according to Tseng Chien-yuan, an adjunct professor at Taiwan’s National Central University who has assisted Chinese dissenters with hospital.
According to him, the government should look for a way to implement a more unified rule of law through operational requirements. “Otherwise, frontline immigration officers will be at a lost. They may report to their leaders in Taipei because they lack the authority to make decisions. ”
“Airports are no ordinary places to decide on selection, ” Tseng said. “Time is needed to research and know the individual’s position, ” he said, adding that asylum-seekers should at least been offered temporary food and shelter while their claims are processed. ”
