The Chinese communist regime has denied that Chinese border police are clipping citizens’ passports and resident cards issued by foreign governments to prevent people leaving after an increasing number of videos showing such actions were seen circulating on Chinese social media.
China’s National Immigration Administration recently issued a statement to tighten control of Chinese citizens’ “non-essential” travel abroad in the name of pandemic control.
In the statement issued on May 12, the regime announced that Xu Ganlu, vice minister of public security and director of the National Immigration Administration, had required the restriction of issuance and approvals of passports and exit documents to Chinese citizens to strictly limit their “unnecessary” trips leaving the country for COVID-19 pandemic control in a meeting two days earlier.