‘Kenya deporting 45 Taiwanese to China’

BEIJING: Kenyan police will deport 45 Taiwanese to mainland China where they face investigation for fraud, Chinese state media said on Wednesday after Taipei blasted Beijing for “abducting” its citizens.

Taipei said this week that China considers Taiwan to be Beijing had “illegally” pressured one of its provinces awaiting reauthorities in Nairobi to deport eight of its citizens to the maineven though the island has ruled land after they had been cleared itself since 1949 following a civil of fraud charges in Kenya, in a war split. Relations have often been tense, in Taiwan. and the landslide election victory

A total of 67 people from Taiof independence-leaning Tsai Ingwan and mainland China will be deported from Kenya on Wednesraised fears that Beijing will take a day after 10 were sent back at the more assertive stance. Political and trade ties beagency cited police as saying. Altotween Taipei and Beijing grew gether, 45 are Taiwanese. in the last decade under the

“Mainland police will invesleadership of the China- friendly tigate the Taiwanese suspects in Kuomintang ( KMT). strict accordance with the law and keep Taiwanese authorities public security ministry as saying. summit between the two sides

Johnny Chiang, a legislator from the Kuomintang (KMT) party, displays a video clip showing Taiwanese nationals detained at a police station in Kenya, during a news conference in Taipei, on April 12. since their 1949 split.

But the meeting produced little of substance beyond the announcement of a telephone hotline between Beijing and Taipei. used to discuss the detainees.

“Judicial organs on the Chinese mainland have legal rights of jurisdiction over the repatriated security ministry as saying.

‘Disgraceful acts’

Taiwan said Wednesday that it officials in Kenya for ignoring the court decision, which cleared some of the suspects in the cyber scam case.

police to disrespect a court ruling, forcefully detaining our citizens for over 24 hours and illegally cooperating with mainland personnel to deport them to China,” written report to parliament.

Taiwanese authorities hoped to send a delegation of senior of days to discuss the matter, said Mainland Affairs Council.

Times tabloid defended the deportations in an editorial on Wednesday, while acknowledging they had met with “strong protests and criticism” in Taiwan.

“Taiwan is making a fuss about the mainland extraditing Taiwan - pect the mainland to yield to these disgraceful acts,” said the paper, which has close ties to the ruling Communist party.

- dling of the case is supported by international laws... It is important that the Taiwan side does not politicize the matter.”

Zhang Zhijun had informed Taipei about “a group of Taiwanese residents who are criminal suspects thought to have carried out electronic fraud and who have been detained by our public security agency”.

“Taiwanese suspected fraudsters are thought to have created a base overseas to defraud mainland people with increasing frequency... these criminals must be brought posted on its own website.

China resumed ties with Tai - matic truce between the two sides. The African nation previously had relations with Taiwan.