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BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Eighty-one telecom fraud suspects have arrived in China under police custody from Cambodia and Laos and are awaiting questioning by the police, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
The suspects, 56 from the mainland and 25 from Taiwan, are believed to have had a hand in more than 150 cases involving more than 10 million yuan (1.5 million U.S. dollars), the ministry said in a statement.
Investigation teams went to the two countries in May after the cases came to light in April. Local police working in tandem with Chinese colleagues arrested 39 suspects in Cambodia and 42 in Laos, seizing a huge number of computers, mobile phones and bank cards.
Mainland police have kept colleagues in Taiwan abreast of the situation in accordance with cross-Strait agreements.
An Fengshan, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said Friday that mainland judicial organs would investigate all suspects, including those from Taiwan.
