Another 32 Taiwanese fraud suspects were taken from Malaysia to China. The extradition to China has stirred more controversy over Taiwan’s judicial sovereignty as a similar extradition occurred recently with Taiwanese fraud suspects found in Kenya.
Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Javier Hou said in the legislature on Monday that Malaysia’s prime minister had expressed regret over the incident:
“My understanding is that a special envoy of the prime minister, Tsang Ching-hsin, expressed an apology yesterday. He was surprised at the order of events, and our reaction [to his] response is very positive," said Hou.
When asked by the media what kind of apology was given to the government, Hou said that it had been a personal apology.
The justice ministry said it has received a report from China saying that the 32 suspects are being held at a detention center in Guangdong. China has officially invited Taiwan to send a delegation to investigate the case together. Taiwan will send a team within a week to get to the bottom of the cross-border crime case.