Criminals Flee to China/Case Closed

In mid-month mainland Chinese authorities arrested Lee-han Yang and his alleged accomplice and younger brother, Lee Chin-sang. And Taiwan's National Police Agency Director General Hou Yu-ih told reporters that the mainland authorities planned to extradite Lee back to Taiwan to stand trial. This was an unusual example of cross-strait cooperation in criminal investigations. More often, a Taiwanese criminal who manages to get to China disappears into the vast mainland, as if he had been sucked into a black hole. Because of this ambivalent attitude, it is estimated that more than 500 wanted Taiwanese fugitives or suspects are comfortably residing in mainland China. So far, the mainland has gained the reputation as Taiwanese criminals' "Bermuda Triangle", for the section of the Atlantic where ships are lost never to return. I thought this was interesting because I am a Justice Administration minor. Basically whenever suspects flee to China the case is closed. Intending to resolve the worsening problem, the two sides' criminal-investigation authorities pragmatically developed some back-door channels, including a semi-official annual conference on a joint crackdown on crime in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. I am going to continue to see how this plays out for China.