TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China’s CCTV News aired a segment on DPP legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋), calling for his arrest for advocating Taiwanese independence.

In late October, the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau opened an investigation into Shen for “separatist” activity, citing the founding of Kuma Academy. On Sunday, the CCTV segment suggested China could use the international policing organization Interpol to aid in his arrest, reported UDN.

The report ends with a warning to pro-independence voices in Taiwan — “Stop now or you’ll be next.” Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responded to the broadcast, condemning it as an attempt to assert jurisdiction over Taiwan via international agencies.

The MAC said this is a “blatant challenge to international norms and order,” per a press release. Taiwan rejects the idea of “cross-border jurisdiction” or “transnational” law enforcement being used to arrest a sitting legislator.

The MAC said Chinese state media’s threatening message amounts to intimidation of the public and an attempt to promote self-censorship in Taiwan.

The CCTV report alleges that Kuma Academy, formed in 2021, is a base for “violent pro-independence elements,” and that Shen is actively cultivating “anti-China” sentiment among the public. Shen was declared a “Taiwan independence” activist by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office and is currently wanted by Chinese authorities, according to the segment.

Before the CCTV segment aired, Shen downplayed the investigation launched by Chinese authorities, calling it typical CCP behavior. “Taiwanese people aren’t afraid anyways,” he said.