Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/15
By: Huang Li-yun and Ko Lin
Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) A Criminal Investigation Bureau official expressed the hope Monday
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that his agency will be able to participate in the next general meeting of Interpol that will be held in the United Arab Emirates in November.
Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Commissioner Tsai Tsan-po (蔡蒼柏) has filed an application to Interpol for the CIB to participate in the annual meeting as an observer, the bureau said in a statement.
Taiwan was an Interpol member as the Republic of China until 1984, when it was replaced by the People’s Republic of China.
The government has applied to participate in the annual meeting since 2016, but each time its request has been rejected by Interpol because of opposition from China, which has ramped up its suppression of Taiwan internationally. [FULL STORY]