In April, Taiwan accused China of kidnapping eight of its nationals from Kenya after they were acquitted in a cyber-crime case. China has aired televised confessions by some of the Taiwan people previously repatriated, raising concern in Taiwan over violations of due process. "This is a strong blow against telecoms fraud by overseas Chinese, and represents the determination of China and Kenya to jointly combat cross-border crime," Hua said. A magistrate said the five should be repatriated to their place of origin, Taiwan, but on Monday, the Kenyan government instead sent them to mainland China, along with the 35 Chinese nationals. Updated Wed, August 10th 2016 at 15:21 GMT +3China on Wednesday thanked Kenya for deporting five people from Taiwan to the mainland as part of a crackdown on telecoms fraud, and urged Taiwan to support the action after its foreign ministry protested.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2016 11:48 UTC