Taiwan Critical of China's Handling of Repatriations

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China has repatriated 10 Taiwanese people who had finished prison sentences for fraud back to Taiwan on a ferry on short notice. The Mainland Affairs Council said this was not the normal protocol.

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00:00Passengers arrive on Taiwan's outlying Dinman Islands by ferry.

00:05They've come from the Chinese city of Xiamen, just a few kilometers across the water.

00:09It's a normal sight. Ferries run between the two sides every day.

00:14But on Wednesday, something unusual happened.

00:17Apart from the usual tourists and business people that shuttle back and forth between the two sides,

00:22there were also 10 Taiwanese who had just finished prison sentences in China for fraud and were being sent back home.

00:29That worried some of the other passengers.

00:40Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles relations with China, was also displeased.

00:45It says in these situations, China and Taiwan will normally agree on a time and form of transportation further in advance.

00:53This time, it was much shorter notice.

00:55The council also said the way it was handled wasn't in line with what the two sides had formally agreed to.

01:01The council said because of rising tensions between Taiwan and China, cross-strait agreements have been harder to carry out.

01:30But it still hopes that in the future, China can respect those protocols.

01:42The council says there are nearly 900 other Taiwanese still caught up in fraud cases in China right now, some of them in prison.

01:50They'll eventually need to be sent back too, meaning the challenge of repatriating accused fraudsters is far from over.

01:57Ryan Wu and Cadence Quaranta for Talent Plus.

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