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China-Taiwan row over deportation of Taiwanese from Kenya

Taiwan has protested to China after eight Taiwanese cleared of charges by a Kenyan court were "illegally" flown to the mainland, officials said Monday.

Kenyan authorities in November 2014 arrested 28 Taiwanese and 49 other ethnic Chinese on charges of illegally entering Kenya and involvement in a telecoms scam, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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