Anti-Secession Law is impeding cross-strait ties: MAC

According to MAC Vice Chairman Liu Te-shun, the law is impeding the development of ties between Taipei and Beijing.

“With the two sides having built a communication platform and accumulated more mutual trust, there is a need to review the law's implementation framework,” Liu said in a news conference.

He was responding to a question as to whether MAC Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan was referring to the Anti-Secession Law when she urged Beijing to abolish policies and laws concerning military deployments targeting Taiwan while giving a speech in Washington D.C. Wednesday.

Liu also suggested that China adjust rules governing visits to Taiwanese prisoners held in China in line with a cross-strait judicial cooperation agreement signed last year.

He said there is a need for the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) to establish direct contact with various local governments in China to step up the implementation of the agreement.

A judicial delegation organized by the SEF, an intermediary body set up by Taiwan to deal with cross-strait affairs in the absence of official ties with China, is currently on a visit to China's Fujian Province.

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