Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/29/2020
By: Flor Wang and Huang Lee-yun

Taipei, May 29 (CNA) An American fugitive was repatriated to the United States last week after living in Taiwan for 12 years, according to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB).

The man, identified as 44-year-old Christian Taylor, was sent back to the U.S. on May 22 after serving a 10-month jail term in Taiwan for domestic violence and illegally entering Taiwan, said Su Li-tsung (蘇立琮), captain of the Second Squadron of the CIB International Criminal Affairs Division, at a news briefing Thursday.

Su said Taiwan received a tipoff in May 2019, later confirmed by the United States and Canada, that an American fugitive with a forged Canadian passport was in Taiwan and that he was wanted by a Californian court for stealing trade secrets and escaping from prison.

The U.S. told Taiwanese authorities that Taylor flew to Taiwan from Los Angeles on May 18, 2007 to avoid prosecution and entered Taiwan with a forged Canadian passport, Su said.
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