Chinese officials: 45 Taiwanese ‘confess’ to alleged telecom fraud

Chinese officials say that 45 Taiwanese citizens who were deported from Kenya to mainland China this month have confessed to being part of a telecoms fraud syndicate and will face trial. “They have confessed,” said Chen Shiqu, deputy inspector with the criminal investigation bureau of China’s Ministry of Public Security. A Taiwanese official said Friday […]

Chinese officials say that 45 Taiwanese citizens who were deported from Kenya to mainland China this month have confessed to being part of a telecoms fraud syndicate and will face trial.
“They have confessed,” said Chen Shiqu, deputy inspector with the criminal investigation bureau of China’s Ministry of Public Security.
A Taiwanese official said Friday that the two parties will jointly investigate the case before negotiating how the Taiwanese suspects will be prosecuted, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.