The latest probes came as Taipei warns of deepening Chinese infiltration of the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims as part of its territory and has threatened to seize by force.
The national immigration agency (NIA) was investigating two influencers identified as En-qi and Xiao-wei over their “statements advocating unification”, a NIA official told AFP on the condition of anonymity.
The two women posted videos on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
Over the weekend, NIA ordered another Chinese influencer identified by her surname Liu to leave Taiwan after she allegedly called for “unification by force” in her videos posted on Douyin.
“The NIA emphasises that, due to Ms Liu’s advocacy of unification by force, which has caused significant public concern and posed potential threats to national security and social stability, she must comply with the departure order within the given timeframe,” the NIA said in a statement on Sunday.
“Failure to do so will result in enforced deportation in accordance with the law.”
The NIA official told AFP today that Liu “must leave the country within 10 days, starting the day after the letter (departure order) is received”.
“The letter has already been sent. I cannot confirm whether it has been received or not,” the official added.
Liu, who claims to be from the Chinese province of Hunan, shared a compilation of some of her videos with her more than 485,000 followers yesterday.
In one video, she said “Taiwan has always been China’s territory, but now DPP is pushing Taiwan into the danger of war”, referring to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of President Lai Ching-te.
Liu said “according to Article 8 of the Anti-Secession Law… the mainland no longer needs any other reason to use force against Taiwan!”
“I love the mainland and Taiwan. I support peaceful reunification because both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese people. Chinese people should not fight Chinese people,” she said.
Lai last Thursday called China a “foreign hostile force” and proposed measures to combat Chinese espionage, infiltration and efforts to weaken Taiwanese people’s sense of identity.
Among the proposals, Chinese nationals applying for permanent residency in Taiwan would have to “formally renounce their Chinese household registration and passport in accordance with Taiwanese law”, Lai said.