repatriation

The Mainland Affairs Council says it's "dissatisfied" with the way Beijing
repatriated 10 Taiwan nationals who had completed prison sentences in China
for fraud - arguing the case was not handled in line with a still-effective
cross-strait agreement.

Council spokesman Liang Wen-chieh said the recent move deviated from past
practice because of the short notice given by China.

The statement follows reports that the 10 Taiwan nationals, who involved in
fraud in Cambodia, were arrested and jailed in China, and after completing
their sentences, they were deported on Wednesday and entered Kinmen from
Xiamen via the "mini-three-links" ferry route.

Reports citing an anonymous source, say Chinese authorities did not give
Kinmen prior notice, and Taiwanese immigration officers and police were
deployed after the shipping company flagged a potential issue with some of
the passengers.

Most of the 10 arrivals did not have any identification documents when they
arrived in Kinmen.