DoJ stands by deportation, leaves custody issue to Taiwan, China
02/12/2011Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday insisted the government did not do anything wrong in ordering the deport-ation to mainland China of 14 Taiwanese facing criminal charges for fraud, citing outstanding warrants from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
“According to the BI (Bureau of Immigration), they (Taiwanese) were given several chances to produce original passports, they never did,” the Justice chief said, adding “they were frisked and searched and asked to produce travel documents like passports but they failed to produce them. Nothing at all about their identification so they were turned over to the Bureau of Immigration.”
De Lima underscored that a standing agreement between Beijing and Taipei can best resolve the question of who should have custody.
“As far as custody and prosecution (of deported Taiwanese) are concerned, the Philippines is not part of that so they (China and Taiwan) should settle it among themselves,” she told reporters in a chance interview..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110212hed6.html
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