Taipei Times
Date: Jun 24, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday said that 18 Taiwanese implicated in alleged fraudulent activities in Cambodia are likely to be deported to China by the end of this week, but added that the government is exploring all diplomatic channels to prevent the move.

At a news conference in Taipei yesterday morning, ministry spokeswoman Eleanor Wang (王珮玲) said that according to information the ministry has received, the suspects are expected to be deported to Beijing before the end of this week.

“With regard to The Associated Press report that the number of Taiwanese fraud suspects awaiting deportation is 21, we believe the figure might not be correct,” Wang said.

Wang said that Cambodian law enforcement officials on Monday last week arrested 27 fraud suspects, of whom 13 were Taiwanese, before apprehending four more Taiwanese suspected of fraudulent activities on Saturday last week when they were seeking to leave the nation via Phnom Penh International Airport.     [FULL  STORY]