Taipei, June 15 -- In a move highlighting its stance on cross-strait sovereignty, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has confirmed that Taiwanese citizens who obtain or have previously held Chinese-issued "border tourism passports" will lose their "Taiwan status," Taipei Times reported.

MAC Deputy Head and spokesperson Liang Wen-chieh cited a 2017 case in which a Taiwanese citizen applied for a three-month "border tourism passport" to visit the China-Russia border. Although the travel permit had expired by the time it came to the MAC's attention, Liang stated that simply holding the document, regardless of its validity period, constituted a legal violation.

According to Article 9-1 of the Act Governing Relations between the People ...