PHNOM PENH -- Seven Taiwanese nationals will be deported to China alongside 24 Chinese nationals despite efforts by Taiwanese officials to have them repatriated to the island, a Cambodian immigration police official said yesterday. However, Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday reiterated at a press conference in Taipei that they had sent officials to Phnom Penh over the issue. The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry last week said it sent the staff from its Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City, which declined to comment further on the issue yesterday. Last week, 25 Taiwanese citizens were also arrested in Thailand over a similar VoIP scam, the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said. Media reports said they will also be sent to mainland China against the wishes of the Taiwanese government.

Source: The China Post July 26, 2017 02:26 UTC