KENYA DEPORTS 5 TAIWANESE SUSPECTS TO CHINA|肯亞搶人大戰3天3夜 被陸方強行押走

After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' three-day negotiations with Kenya, the 5 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects were still forced onto a chartered flight bound for China. The Presidential Office, the Mainland Affairs Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have all lodged strong protests. On August 5, Kenya's court acquitted 5 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects and ruled that they should be deported back to Taiwan. Under the pressure from China, however, the police forced them onto a chartered flight bound for China at 2 am on August 8. The President's Office expressed regret over the deportation, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice also expressed serious protests against it. ==CHEN MING-TANG, Administrative Deputy Minister of Justice== We will issue a protest against the Kenyan police for not following the court's verdict. They did not notify us before sending our people to China. It made no sense that they did this after the court issued the verdict. Although Ambassador Chen immediately started negotiations and applied public pressure to the authority with international media and human rights organizations, the police still ignored the request and detained the 5 Taiwanese. During the police's second attempt to deport them to China, Ambassador John Chen had to present the court's ruling at the airport to stop it. Prior to an arranged meeting with the Ambassador on the 8th, the police decided to send the suspects to China. Even though the Ambassador made it to the airport in time, his attempt was in vain. The Mainland Affairs Council expressed deep regret and protest against China's contempt for human rights and the court's verdict. ==CHIU CHUI-CHENG, Deputy Minister, Mainland Affairs Council== This was a violation of human rights. This morning, we immediately expressed our deep regret and issued a strong protest to China. The Mainland Affairs Council has requested that China follow the Cross-strait Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement to report to Taiwan if the suspects' personal freedom is restricted after arriving in China. The government will negotiate with China based on past cooperation to extradite the suspects back to Taiwan for further trial. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 肯亞電信詐騙案，肯亞法院5號判決5名台嫌無罪釋放，遣返台灣，但肯亞警方在中國大陸高度施壓下，在台灣時間8號凌晨2點，強行將人送到機場，還押上大陸專機4點多起飛，遣送中國大陸。總統府今天正式對此違反人權與國際慣例的結果，表達遺憾，外交部和法務部也表達嚴正抗議。 ==外交部亞非司長 陳俊賢== 我們正式對這五個 我們的嫌疑人吊銷護照 在沒有護照的情況之下 仍然被強行帶走 這已經是違反國際飛行的慣例 跟肯亞法院的判決 我們對肯亞表達相當嚴正的抗議 ==法務部次長 陳明堂== 警方的強勢 不理法院 所以這一點 我們要表示抗議 肯亞法院5號突襲式宣判，我駐南非大使陳忠隨即趕往肯亞交涉，並接洽國際媒體與人權團體協助，製造輿論壓力，6號還發公開信給肯亞外長，但肯亞警方一直不理會我方，在判決後強還制拘留5人，並兩度將人犯押送機場，在第二次押送時，陳忠還攜帶法院判決書到機場交涉，7號肯亞警方態度放軟，說好8號上班時間與陳忠正式會面，但卻配合中國大陸玩兩面手法，在談判前將人運走，就算陳忠趕到機場阻攔，還是無法阻止，3天3夜奮戰宣告失敗，陸委會對於陸方這種藐視人權，以及判決的作法，表達深切遺憾並提出抗議。 ==陸委會發言人 邱垂正== 藐視人權的做法 陸委會今早立即再向陸方 表達深切的遺憾 並提出嚴正抗議 陸委會要求，5名台嫌被押抵中國大陸後，陸方應依兩岸司法互助協議規定，進行人身安全限制通報。 記者 李曉儒 陳昌維 台北報導