Cambodia says arrested Taiwanese fraud suspects handed over to China

15/4/2025 19:03

Cambodia said on Tuesday it had arrested a number of "Chinese criminals" in late March, including individuals from Taiwan, and days later handed them over to Chinese authorities, in deportations that have angered Taipei.



Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Monday that Cambodia had sent an unknown number of Taiwanese citizens to China after they were arrested working in telecom scam centres.



In a statement, a Cambodian foreign ministry spokesman said the decision to send the arrested people to China was in accordance with Cambodian law and adhered to Beijing's "one China" policy, which states that there is only one China and Taiwan is part of China.



Chinese President Xi Jinping is due in Cambodia this week on a Southeast Asian tour that began in Vietnam on Monday and will also include Malaysia.