Malaysia deports Taiwanese to Taiwan 'despite China request'
Source: yahoo news
Malaysia Friday deported 20 Taiwanese implicated in fraud back to Taiwan despite Beijing seeking to have them sent to mainland China, Taipei said, in a new bout of diplomatic sparring between the rivals.
The latest incident involved a group of 52 Taiwanese, some of whom were due to be deported to Taiwan on Friday as China allegedly intervened, just days after Taipei accused Beijing of "abducting" its citizens from Kenya.
"According to our understanding Malaysia was willing to return them to Taiwan but China later expressed their wish for them to be sent to China since the subjects of fraud are in the mainland just as in the Kenya case," Premier Chang San-cheng told reporters.
Taiwan's foreign ministry said late Friday Malaysia had deported 20 of them to Taiwan following negotiations.
Taipei "will continue to negotiate with the Malaysian government so the remaining 32 Taiwanese suspects can return to our country soon to face investigation," it said in a statement.
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