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Mainland keeps eye on bird flu epidemic in Taiwan

Xinhua, February 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

A mainland official on Wednesday said that mainland inspection and quarantine departments were paying close attention to the outbreak of bird flu in Taiwan.

At present, the mainland does not import live poultry from Taiwan, said An Fengshan, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

In response to a question on transferring Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects from Spain to the mainland, An said that the mainland maintains its process for dealing with Taiwanese suspects in cross-border telecom fraud.

As the victims and evidence are all on the mainland, it makes more sense that the suspects, are brought to the mainland so that all involved are guaranteed due process of law, An added. Endi