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  • 4/15/2025
Taiwan has lodged an official protest after Cambodia deported dozens of Taiwanese fraud suspects to China without providing a list of names. Around 190 people, including both Chinese and Taiwanese nationals, were recently deported from Cambodia to China. Taiwanese officials worry the move reflects a growing trend of Beijing forcing its “One China” principle on other countries by pressuring them to hand over Taiwanese citizens.

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00:00What happened to the Taiwanese citizens arrested in Cambodia and sent to China?
00:05That's what the Taiwanese government wants to know, but can't seem to get answers.
00:09Nearly 200 Taiwanese citizens were arrested in relation to alleged telephone scam centers
00:14in Cambodia two weeks ago.
00:16On Sunday and Monday, 190 suspects, that included both Chinese and Taiwanese nationals, were
00:21deported to China.
00:23But Taiwan says they were not given a list of names, or even told how many of those
00:28deported are Taiwanese.
00:30There are information about the national security of the country's people's people's people's
00:33public relations.
00:34The government will also understand it through the United States.
00:39At the same time, the foreign government wants to ask the people to do the wrong thing and
00:44do the wrong thing to do outside the border.
00:48Taiwan says these scam operations often involve human trafficking, with citizens lured abroad
00:53by fake job offers and forced into criminal activities.
00:56Taiwan estimates around 600 Taiwanese citizens allegedly involved in transnational scams
01:02have been deported to China in recent years, and officials worry this reflects increasing
01:07Chinese pressure to enforce its one-China principle abroad.
01:11This incident comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to visit Cambodia this week.
01:16Taiwan says it's attempting to work with China through previous agreements on cross-strait
01:21crime, and that it's continuing to press China and Cambodia for answers.
01:26John Hsu and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
01:28John Hsu and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
01:29John Hsu and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

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