KENYA ACQUITS 5 TAIWANESE OF TELECOMMUNICATION FRAUD|肯亞詐騙案5台嫌無罪 中方上演搶人戰

A Kenyan court recently reached a verdict on telecommunication fraud committed by Chinese and Taiwanese suspects. The judge acquitted all 40 suspects. Among them were five Taiwanese. The Chinese authorities tried to influence Kenya to deport the five Taiwanese suspects to China to face further trial, however, the Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa is trying to prevent this from happening. The five Taiwanese and 35 Chinese suspects involved in telecommunications fraud had been acquitted by a court in Kenya. Although the judge ruled that the five Taiwanese suspects should be deported to Taiwan, Chinese authorities still tried to deport them to China for further trial. The Taipei Liaison Office Representative Chen Chung-ho in the Republic of South Africa tried to stop the deportation of the Taiwanese to China. ==CHEN MING-TANG, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Justice== We heard that the Chinese Embassy in Kenya tried to take control of the Taiwanese suspects, and a private plane had been arranged for a midnight deportation. Representative Chen Chung-ho of the Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa and the legal affairs secretary together with international media and Amnesty International are there. They are at a stalemate. The Ministry of Justice confirmed that the Chinese Embassy in Kenya was indeed set to take the five Taiwanese suspects for trial in China. The Taiwan representative in South Africa called international media and Amnesty International to come to the court, to create pressure on Chinese authorities. Premier Lin Chuan said the government has an obligation to extradite the five suspects back to Taiwan. ==LIN CHUAN, Premier== When Taiwanese fraud suspects are abroad, our government has an obligation and responsibility to extradite them back to Taiwan. Although we know this case involves with some cross-strait issues, we still need to work the proper process for extradition. Amnesty International issued a statement condemning China for forceful deportation, because the Taiwanese suspects would be at risks of human rights violation in China. Currently, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are trying to extradite the suspects to Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 在中國大陸強硬施壓下，肯亞法院在5號，提前開庭審訊詐騙犯，沒想到法官宣判，40名嫌犯全部無罪。其中5名台籍嫌犯，被判「遣返回台灣」。不過中方卻上演搶人大戰，因此我駐南非代表處大使，也趕往肯亞交涉，營造輿論壓力，暫時讓中方，不敢恣意搶人。 肯亞電信詐騙案5名台籍嫌犯，因為中國大陸施壓，肯亞法院原本23號才要開庭，提前在5號突襲宣判，不過法官宣布，5名台灣嫌犯和35名中國大陸嫌犯無罪釋放，5名台嫌要遣返台灣，中方隨即上演搶人大戰。 ==法務部次長 陳明堂== 大陸在肯亞的駐處 有要去搶人 這個是確實 傳說他們已經派專機去 深夜要接走 不過到目前為止 我們駐南非的陳大使 和法務秘書 結合相關媒體和國際特赦組織 目前還是在僵持中 法務部表示，中方駐肯亞大使館確實出動人手，要搶5名台籍嫌犯，送回中國大陸受審，傳出還派出專機接應，不過我方聯絡國際媒體，國際特赦組織，營造輿論壓力，外交部掌握目前訊息，相關人員遣送出境程序尚未完成，而行政院長林全今天表示，政府有責任引渡詐欺嫌犯回台。 ==行政院長 林全== 政府仍然是有義務和責任 去把他們引渡回來到台灣 雖然我們知道這個涉及到 兩岸的一些問題 但是我們還是要 朝這個方面來努力 國際特赦組織發文譴責，強調台嫌不能遣送中國大陸，否則將面臨違反人權的風險；5名台嫌目前情況仍不明朗，法務部和外交部都表示正在盡最大努力，將人帶回台灣。 記者 李曉儒 陳柏諭 台北報導