Taiwan recalls envoy to PHL over 14 deportees - Nation - GMA News Online - The go-to site for Filipinos everywhere - Latest Philippine News. (Updated 10:32 p.m.) Taipei is recalling its de facto ambassador to the Philippines following the “inhumane" deportation of Taiwanese citizens to the People’s Republic of China, saying that the “unpleasant incident" may impact negatively on some 80,000 Filipino workers in Taiwan. Special representative Donald C.T.
Lee of the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) also demanded an apology from the Aquino administration for deporting 14 Taiwanese to mainland China instead of Taiwan, amid protests from Lee and the Taiwanese’s lawyers. “I strongly believe that the Philippines owes the Republic of China (Taiwan) an apology for the said unfortunate event," Lee said in a statement read Wednesday at a press briefing at TECO in RCBC Makati. “The Philippines must show goodwill and exert extra efforts to repair the good relations between our two countries, which has been damaged by the very unpleasant incident. Barred by BI officials “I will be recalled. One-China policy. Gov't mounts drive for return of suspects sent to China. Premier Wu Den-yih said yesterday that Beijing should send the suspects back to Taiwan based on the Cross-Strait Agreement on Joint Crime-Fighting and Judicial Mutual Assistance, a bilateral agreement on combating crime. The 14 Taiwanese suspects were deported in early February together with 10 Chinese citizens arrested in Manila in December last year on charges of swindling victims of US$20 million in scams targeting mainly mainland Chinese.
A statement by China's Ministry of Public Security says Chinese police escorted 24 suspects back to China. It did not elaborate. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Taipei has already lodged a strong protest against the Philippines government's handling of a cross-border fraud case, calling it a "violation of the jurisdiction principle of nationality and its own legal procedures. " Some legislators in Taiwan have asked that MOFA recall the nation's representative to Manila as part of more concrete protest actions. PHL govt to help Filipino workers in Taiwan despite mission 'failure' - Pinoy Abroad - GMA News Online - The go-to site for Filipinos everywhere - Latest Philippine News. Despite the seeming failure of a mission to mend Philippine-Taiwan ties after the deportation of 14 Taiwanese to China earlier this month, Philippine officials vowed on Wednesday to continue easing the impact of Taiwan's punitive measures against Filipino workers.
Manila Economic and Cultural Office Chairman Amadeo Perez Jr. stressed this on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to return to Manila to meet with Labor officials on the matter. “Hindi yan ang katapusan. Gumagawa kami ng paraan para mapalamig ang ulo nila. Ang kadahilanan gusto namin mabigyan ng sapat na proteksyon ang pilipinong nagtatrabaho sa amin," he said in an interview on dwIZ radio on Wednesday. However, Perez was saddened over the treatment he and former Senator Manuel Roxas II allegedly received from Taiwanese officials on Tuesday, when their statement of "deep regret" for what happened was rejected. The deportation prompted Taiwan to tighten requirements for Filipino workers seeking work there. Immigration chief defends deportation to China, won’t quit. MANILA, Philippines? The acting head of the Bureau of Immigration on Friday dismissed calls for his resignation amid the Philippines?
Row with Taiwan regarding the deportation to China of 14 Taiwanese earlier this month. ? I maintain that the decision to deport the criminal suspects to the People? S Republic of China is a right decision and is consistent with laws and practice in the handling of such situations. I maintain that the decision has been done in good faith,? Immigration officer-in-charge Ronaldo Ledesma said in a statement. The Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan earlier called on the Department of Justice, the bureau?
Ledesma said he was only doing his job when his office ordered the deportations, adding, ? President Aquino? Taiwan? The Taiwanese were deported anyway; the Court of Appeals as asked the immigration bureau and the DoJ to justify its actions. Philippines risking US$336 million in remittances in diplomatic row. Filipinos rally against retaliation. Hundreds of labor activists and migrant workers from the Philippines yesterday staged a protest in front of the Presidential Office to protest the administration’s freeze on hiring Filipino workers after 14 Taiwanese suspected of fraud were deported from the Philippines to China on Feb. 2. Following the visit by a Philippine emissary who refused to make the apology expected by Taipei, the government took measures that virtually put a freeze on the hiring of Filipino laborers.
Several migrant and international worker associations, such as KaSaPi, Ikatan Pekerja Indonesia Taiwan, Taiwan International Workers Association (TIWA) and other labor groups, gathered at Ketagalan Boulevard to emphasize that Filipino migrant workers and their employers were innocent and that punishing them for Manila’s actions was unreasonable and a violation of their rights. The longstanding friendship between the Philippines and Taiwan should be valued despite the recent dispute, Roy Loyola said. VP, ex-Philippine president discuss deportation dispute. Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Vice President Vincent Siew and formerPhilippine President Fidel Ramos agreed Monday that Taiwan and thePhilippines should resolve a month-long diplomatic row as soon aspossible to restore relations. The senior politicians held a breakfast meeting on the last dayof Ramos' five-day visit to Taiwan and discussed a wide range ofissues, said Matthew Lee, director-general of the Department of EastAsian and Pacific Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Siew and Ramos did not speak to reporters after the one-hourmeeting in downtown Taipei, which was Ramos' last engagement on histour that was focused on attending a golf tournament and leading adelegation of businessmen from the Philippines to explore businessopportunities in Hsinchu, Nantou and Changhua cities in Taiwan. Taipei and Manila should also establish a mechanism for mutuallegal assistance to combat transnational crime, Lee quoted Siew assaying. (By Chris Wang) enditem /pc. Manila Standard Today -- Roxas wins over Taiwan leaders -- 2011/march/16.