Chinese Authorities Confiscate Passports From Civil Servants, State-Run Firm Employees

Chinese Authorities Confiscate Passports From Civil Servants, State-Run Firm Employees
A Chinese national holds a Chinese passport on May 16, 2014. Omar Havana/Getty Images
Frank Yue
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Chinese officials and employees at state-run companies had their passports confiscated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to internal government documents The Epoch Times recently obtained.

Authorities did not elaborate on the reasoning, only noting that the passports are to be taken away for “central management” in order to “deal with the novel coronavirus.”

Frank Yue
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Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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