Taiwan and Mainland China will continue to communicate on the handling of Taiwanese fraud suspects arrested in Cambodia. That’s the word from Deputy Justice Minister, Hsin Tai-hao.
Last week, Cambodia sent 25 Taiwanese nationals to Mainland China to be charged for telecom fraud. After the incident, Beijing announced that the cross-strait communication mechanism has been suspended because President Tsai Ing-wen has not acknowledged the 1992 consensus since she took office.
The 1992 Consensus is an agreement reached by the government from Taiwan and Mainland China in 1992. Under the consensus, both sides agree that they belong to one China, each allowing the other to hold its own interpretation of what “one China” means. Beijing has insisted that recognizing the consensus is the base of continuing cross-strait ties. President Tsai so far has acknowledged that the two sides have met, without accepting the consensus.
But at the Legislature Wednesday, Hsin said that cross-strait judicial assistance is still on-going. He said that China’s Ministry of Public Security has sent information on all 25 suspects to Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau to confirm their identity. Taiwan’s bureau has also been informed of where they are being held.