BEIJING/FUZHOU - The police of Quanzhou, Fujian province, on Thursday issued a bounty notice for clues on criminal and illegal activities of two Taiwan social media influencers who allegedly acted as enforcers and accomplices for secessionist forces.

According to the police investigation, Wen Tzu-yu, with the online alias "Pa Chiung", and Chen Po-yuan, also known as "Minnan Wolf", have long been engaged in publishing and spreading secessionist fallacies.

The two have aggressively attacked and smeared the mainland's policies that benefit Taiwan people, bullied and persecuted mainland spouses of Taiwan residents, and acted as a flanking force for the cyber army of Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities and "vanguards" and "pawns" for anti-China forces in the United States and other Western countries, causing a very negative impact, said the Quanzhou police.

The police urged people in Taiwan to be aware of the grave dangers and harm posed by "Taiwan independence", distance themselves from secessionist forces through concrete actions, and provide clues on their criminal and illegal activities.

Those who make significant contributions to helping the police capture suspects involved in such crimes will be rewarded with between 50,000 and 250,000 yuan ($7,000 to 35,000).

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Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Thursday that it is legitimate and necessary for police to seek clues on illegal separatist acts.

Those two people have long made inflammatory remarks inciting separatism and disparaging the mainland's policies and measures designed to benefit Taiwan and its people, said Chen.

Chen expressed the hope that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait would actively report clues about such illegal activities and urged them to firmly oppose all forms of "Taiwan independence" separatist actions.