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Taiwan Officials Apprehend Citizens Selling Taiwanese Passports to China-Based Crime Groups

Taiwan Officials Apprehend Citizens Selling Taiwanese Passports to China-Based Crime Groups
Taiwan Foreign Minister Eugene Chien speaks at a press conference to unveil a new version of Taiwan's passport in Taipei, on June 12, 2003. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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District prosecutors in Taichung, a city in central Taiwan, have charged 10 Taiwanese with violating the island country’s passport regulations by selling their documents to criminal groups based in China, according to a Sept. 4 report by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA).
British authorities alerted Taiwan’s Ministry of Interior after nabbing several mainland Chinese trying to enter England with Taiwanese passports.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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