China tells Taiwan it will try telecoms fraud suspects deported from Kenya

Police escort a group of people wanted for suspected fraud in China, after they were deported from Kenya.

Beijing: China will try the 45 Taiwan suspects in a telecoms fraud case who were deported by Kenya to China this month, the Chinese government told a delegation from Taiwan, state media reported, in a case that has angered the self-ruled island.

China is battling an explosion of telecoms fraud that has cost billions of dollars in financial losses and driven some victims to suicide, say authorities in Beijing, who blame the scams on criminal gangs based in rival Taiwan.