14 quizzed in phones probe
Source: Xinhua/Shanghai Daily |
February 24, 2011, Thursday
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BEIJING police are interrogating 14 Taiwan people in connection with a transnational phone fraud case, a Chinese mainland spokesman said yesterday.
Mainland police had maintained close contact with Taiwan counterparts in the investigation, said Yang Yi, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.
Mainland police escorted 24 suspects back from the Philippines, including 14 Taiwan residents, early this month.
They were allegedly involved in a phone fraud ring that had taken 140 million yuan (US$21 million) since last October by cheating more than 450 people in 21 mainland provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
"The mainland authorities would like to communicate with the Taiwan side through a proper channel about how to handle developments," Yang said.
In Manila, President Benigno Aquino said the Philippines would not apologize to Taiwan over the deportations.
"I don't believe that there is something that we have to apologize for, given the facts and circumstances that we had when we were making the decision," he said.
Taiwan said the 14 should have been deported to Taiwan, not to the mainland.
Mainland police had maintained close contact with Taiwan counterparts in the investigation, said Yang Yi, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.
Mainland police escorted 24 suspects back from the Philippines, including 14 Taiwan residents, early this month.
They were allegedly involved in a phone fraud ring that had taken 140 million yuan (US$21 million) since last October by cheating more than 450 people in 21 mainland provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
"The mainland authorities would like to communicate with the Taiwan side through a proper channel about how to handle developments," Yang said.
In Manila, President Benigno Aquino said the Philippines would not apologize to Taiwan over the deportations.
"I don't believe that there is something that we have to apologize for, given the facts and circumstances that we had when we were making the decision," he said.
Taiwan said the 14 should have been deported to Taiwan, not to the mainland.
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