Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/16
By: Elaine Hou

Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) About 2,400 Taiwanese citizens have been arrested overseas

Taiwanese nationals depart for Taiwan in November, after serving their time in Thailand on charges of fraud. (CNA file photo)

for alleged involvement in telecom fraud-related crimes since 2011, Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice said Friday, refuting media reports that up to 4,500 such suspects have been apprehended in recent years.

The ministry said in a statement that of the total, about 2,000 Taiwanese fraud suspects have been deported back to Taiwan from China and other foreign countries since 2011.

But starting this year, China began pressuring other countries to deport Taiwanese fraud suspects to the mainland, instead of allowing them to be returned to Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]