Taiwan has protested to China after eightTaiwanese cleared of charges by a Kenyan court were "illegally" flownto the mainland, officials said on Monday.

被肯尼亚法庭清除罪名的8名台湾人被“非法”带到大陆后，台湾向中国发出抗议，官员周一称。

Kenyan authorities in November 2014arrested 28 Taiwanese and 49 other ethnic Chinese on charges of illegallyentering the African state and involvement in an telecoms scam, the foreignministry said in a statement.

2014年11月肯尼亚当局逮捕了28名台湾人和49名其他华裔人士，指控他们非法进入非洲并参与电信诈骗，外交部在一份声明中说道。

It said 37 of the suspects including 23Taiwanese were found not guilty by a Kenyan court on Tuesday last week.

称上周二，包括23名台湾人在内的37名嫌疑人被肯尼亚法庭认定无罪。

But Kenyan authorities last Friday deportedeight of the Taiwanese to China rather than to Taiwan in response to pressurefrom Beijing, the ministry said.

但是上周五肯尼亚当局将其中8名台湾人遣返到中国而不是台湾，以应对来自北京的压力，外交部说。

The mainland used "technicalmethods" to delay news of the verdict reaching the relevant Taiwanesediplomat based in South Africa, it said.

称大陆使用“技术手段”使得位于非洲的台湾外交官没能及时收到法院裁决的消息。

"By the time our official rushed tothe airport, the eight Taiwan citizens had been forcefully taken to a passengerplane of China Southern Airlines and sent to the mainland."

“在我们的官员赶到机场时，8名台湾公民已经被迫登上中国南航的一架客机并被送往大陆。”

It denounced the move as"illegal" and "uncivilised", saying that the fundamentalhuman rights of the eight had been infringed.

称这种做法是“非法”和“不文明”的，认为8名台湾人的基本人权受到了侵犯。