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US orders deportation of Taipei official

Sunday, 29 January 2012 08:27 Taipei Times

A US federal judge in Missouri on Friday ordered the deportation of Taiwanese official Jacqueline Liu (劉姍姍), who pleaded guilty last year to human trafficking charges for abusing her two Filipina maids, the US Attorneys Office said.

Liu, the 64-year-old director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested in November and charged with fraud in foreign labor contracting in connection with her treatment of the two maids.

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Rights group says ‘escalating repression and failed official policy’ root causes of Tibetan protests

Sunday, 29 January 2012 08:23 Phayul.com
Norpa Yonten, 49 was shot dead in Chinese police firing in Drango, eastern Tibet, Monday, January 23, 2012.
Norpa Yonten, 49 was shot dead in Chinese police firing in Drango, eastern Tibet, Monday, January 23, 2012.

DHARAMSHALA, January 28: An international Chinese rights group working for democratic reforms and social justice in China has said it is deeply concerned about the recent protests and violence in Tibet.

Human Rights in China (HRIC), which has offices in New York and Hong Kong, in a release yesterday said China must address the root causes of the recent spurge in protests in Tibet.

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Aviation police yesterday pass a traveler’s suitcase through one of the 16 X-ray machines installed at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s two terminals.
Photo: CNA

Two Chinese pork jerky products seized at customs have tested positive for African swine fever, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday.