Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-12-28
Deputy justice minister Tsai Pi-chung said Thursday that China’s recent sentencing of Taiwanese telecom scammers is not sustainable.
A Beijing court delivered speedy verdicts in a case of international telecom fraud that involved a total of 44 Taiwanese nationals. Two of these were given the heaviest sentence of 15 years in prison.
China’s extradition of Taiwanese nationals from third countries for trial has been a controversial issue. The government maintains the suspects should be returned to Taiwan. But at the same time, many in Taiwan have affirmed China’s action and also criticized Taiwan’s legal system for being too lenient in similar cases. [FULL STORY]