Chinese police will deport five criminal suspects and one illegal immigrant and send them back to Taiwan before the end of this month, it was announced yesterday.
Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Chiu Tai-san (
"Currently, we do not know who these five criminals and the illegal immigrant are or when they will be deported. We are still working on more details," Chiu said.
"In addition, they said they will resume their helping us repatriate illegal Chinese immigrants and take them back to China as well."
The Red Cross Societies of Taiwan and China used to work together to regularly repatriate illegal immigrants to this country.
However, the Red Cross Society of China halted this cooperation on March 12. This has resulted in crowding at Taiwan's three detention centers for illegal immigrants.
The Chinese Red Cross Society's notice was regarded as a sign that the notorious fugitives Hsueh Chiu (
On Aug. 21, a Chinese-language newspaper reported that the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) sent two agents to Macau to escort Hsueh and Chen back to Taiwan.
CIB denied the report but said that its officials continue to negotiate with Chinese police on the issue.
"It is our hope to escort them [Hsueh and Chen] back for future potential trials," a senior CIB officer who said he wished to remain anonymous told reporters.
"I believe we will make a deal with the Chinese police on this issue sooner or later, since our shared goal is to crack down on the bad guys."
Taiwan is to receive the first batch of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 jets from the US late this month, a defense official said yesterday, after a year-long delay due to a logjam in US arms deliveries. Completing the NT$247.2 billion (US$7.69 billion) arms deal for 66 jets would make Taiwan the third nation in the world to receive factory-fresh advanced fighter jets of the same make and model, following Bahrain and Slovakia, the official said on condition of anonymity. F-16 Block 70/72 are newly manufactured F-16 jets built by Lockheed Martin to the standards of the F-16V upgrade package. Republic of China
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