Noy gov’t: Taiwan won’t get RP apology By Michaela P. del Callar, 02/11/2011

Noy gov’t: Taiwan won’t get RP apology

By Michaela P. del Callar, 02/11/2011

The Philippine government will not apologize to Taiwan for deporting the 14 Taiwanese to China, stressing that it merely acted on a standing Interpol alert against the suspects who are allegedly involved in a big-time telecommunications fraud case.

A senior Foreign Affairs official privy to the case said aside from the standing arrest warrants in China for the Taiwanese and their 10 other Chinese cohorts, Manila received the Interpol alert in early December 2010. Taiwan is not a member of the Interpol.

The suspects, according to the source, were involved in a large-scale multimillion-dollar operation victimizing unsuspecting retired Chinese living in the Philippines. In their modus operandi, the suspects would call their would-be victims and pretend to be financial consultants. They would then convince them to transfer their money to another Philippine account for safekeeping due to “revised international banking regulations.”

“We didn’t do anything wrong. We will not apologize. We did what we think is right,” the official said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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