The police authorities on the Chinese mainland had sent back 123
criminal suspects to Taiwan since 2000, according to the Ministry
of Public Security.
As cross-Straits economic cooperation and personnel exchanges
have become increasingly frequent, crime is on the rise, said Wu
Heping, spokesman of the ministry, on Tuesday.
The police authorities on the mainland will safeguard the
legitimate rights of compatriots on both sides of the Straits, he
noted.
He stressed that mainland police would make every effort to
arrest and send back criminal suspects wanted by Taiwan, who
allegedly committed crimes in Taiwan and fled to the mainland.
On January 12, the Ministry of Public Security announced a man
wanted by Taiwan police for robbing an armored bank vehicle had
been arrested.
Li Hanyang, who worked as an armored vehicle driver in Taipei,
stole 56 million New Taiwan dollars after drugging a colleague in
the van on January 2, before flying to Hong Kong.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and the then Kuomintang Party
Chairman Lien Chan reached a consensus on joint efforts to combat
crimes in 2005.
The mainland would continue to promote joint combat against
crimes and safeguard the legitimate rights of people on both sides,
said Yang Yi, an official for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the
State Council recently.
(Xinhua News Agency January 24, 2007)