Taiwan court detains 18 suspects freed by police
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AUTHORITIES in Taiwan have detained 18 telecom fraud suspects and slapped a travel ban on two others just days after they had been freed for a “lack of evidence,” a move that had been heavily criticized.
Taichung District Court issued its ruling early yesterday after the district’s prosecutors office summoned the 20 suspects released by police last Saturday.
The prosecutors office said it had obtained evidence from Malaysia that was enough to impose compulsory measures.
The decision to release the suspects last Saturday had been strongly criticized in the media and by the public.
Hong Chia-juan, a chief prosecutor in Taichung, said yesterday’s move came after visual evidence gathered from Malaysian authorities gave his team the evidence they needed to detain most of the individuals for at least two months for investigation.
Meanwhile, the Taiwan wire fraud suspects who were deported from Kenya are adjusting to conditions in a Beijing detention center, said an official from the island who visited the facility yesterday.
Chen Wen-chi, who leads the department of international and cross-Strait legal affairs, was given a tour of medical facilities and interview rooms at the Haidian district detention center, but she was only able to observe the suspects on security cameras.
“I saw those Taiwan detainees today. They are in good physical condition. Please rest assured that they are all adjusting well at the detention center,” Chen told reporters accompanying the delegation.
Chinese mainland police are investigating the 45 detainees over their suspected involvement in telephone scams that cheated Chinese victims out of large sums.
Several have been shown on TV describing how scammers pretended to be government officials and other authority figures to convince victims to transfer funds or provide personal financial details that could be used to steal money.
Chen’s delegation is discussing with mainland officials how they might cooperate in future cases.
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