Agency calls for laws to counter China repression

GUARD UP: An official warned the public and opposition parties not to think that they would not face transnational repression simply because they do not oppose China By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source An Executive Yuan-level interagency platform on transnational repression has called for the development of legal measures to deter China’s transnational repression targeting Taiwanese.The proposed amendments would focus primarily on the Criminal Code, an official said yesterday on condition of anonymity.As China’s transnational repression operations are often covert, police agencies have compiled a list of people who could potentially be targeted, they said, adding that police have begun contacting those people to establish a