Chinese man investigated for waving flag, distributing unification flyers(update)

Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) A Chinese man was detained by immigration officials in Kinmen on Thursday after waving a People's Republic of China flag and distributing pro-unification flyers inside the county government building.

At around 3 p.m. Thursday, immigration authorities deported the man from Kinmen by boat.

Earlier Thursday, the National Immigration Agency's special operation brigade in Kinmen told CNA that the man, surnamed Lu (盧), arrived on the outlying island by ferry and is being questioned about his motives for entering Taiwan.

If Lu is found to have violated the terms of his entry permit, he will be deported under the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, the agency said.

A security guard surnamed Wu (吳), who witnessed the incident, told CNA that the man entered the building around 9 a.m., carrying a flag that had the Republic of China flag (Taiwan) on one side and that of the People's Republic of China on the other, then began throwing flyers that read "unification with Taiwan" (統一台灣).

Wu said he and county government staff stopped the man, and police were called when he tried to leave. The man told them he did not mind the police being called, saying he would "at most be fined," according to Wu, who added that the incident was peaceful and unlike anything seen before.