Opposition Democratic Progressive Party condemns latest deportation of Taiwanese to mainland China
Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has strongly condemned Saturday’s deportation of 32 Taiwanese to mainland China from Malaysia on suspicion of telecom fraud as the outgoing Kuomintang administration said Malaysia had acted “under pressure” from Beijing.
They were part of 97 people – the others from mainland China – who were escorted by mainland police by a Chinese charter flight flying from Malaysia to Guangzhou on Saturday, Xinhua said, without saying from which city the aircraft departed.
The DPP, which will form the next government from May 20, said in a statement that Beijing’s “unilateral and tough action” in the latest deportation was “completely unhelpful to cross-strait relations”.
Any of our nationals who commit crime abroad should be escorted back to Taiwan and face trial here
It said: “Any of our nationals who commit crime abroad should be escorted back to Taiwan and face trial here.”
Saturday’s evening’s move comes weeks after 45 Taiwanese in Kenya, suspected of being involved in another alleged telecom fraud case, were forcibly deported to mainland China – an incident that also drew protests from Taiwan.