Agencies report surge of missing people in China

RELIGIOUS GROUNDS: Followers of the I-Kuan Tao are especially advised not to travel to China, following a 50 percent surge in religious detentions in three months By Chen Yu-fu / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source Nineteen people have been detained in China in the past three months because of their religious beliefs, representing a 50 percent surge from the previous three months, Straits Exchange Foundation Secretary-General Lo Wen-chia (羅文嘉) said yesterday.The Legislative Yuan’s Internal Administration Committee invited the foundation, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and other agencies to deliver a report on the government’s response to the growing number of missing Taiwanese citizens in China.From Jan. 1, 2024, to Wednesday last week, 402 people have gone missing, been detained for