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Beijing

81 telecom fraud suspects returned

Eighty-one telecom fraud suspects have arrived in China under police custody from Cambodia and Laos and are awaiting questioning, 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), the ministry said. An Fengshan, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said that mainland judicial organs would investigate all suspects.