by The Philippine Star
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima defended anew yesterday the deportation to China of 14 Taiwanese suspects wanted for large-scale fraud.As if answering the controversy one issue per day, she denied this time allegations by recalled Taiwan Representative Donald Lee that the deportation of the Taiwanese violated section 38 of Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, which requires deportation of undesirable aliens either to the country of their nationality or to the country of origin.
