SHANGHAI/TAIPEI: Taiwan angered Beijing on Saturday (April 16) by freeing 20 suspects in a telecoms fraud case linked to China that were deported from Malaysia, in a case that has put more pressure on the sensitive relationship between the two countries.
Malaysia had deported the 20 people, who were part of a group of 53 Taiwanese arrested there in March on suspicion of fraud, according to the Taipei Foreign Ministry.
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