Following Kenya's recent repatriation of eight Taiwan-born people to the Chinese mainland after their acquittal on telecommunication fraud charges, Taiwan authorities lodged a "solemn protest" to the mainland, demanding it immediately transfer the eight to the island.

Some on the island have accused the mainland of "illegal abduction". However, Taiwan's judiciary admitted that although they were acquitted of the charge of operating an unlicensed telecommunication-related business, the eight people still face fraud charges and the mainland's extradition conforms to international laws.

Any time there is a dispute between the mainland and the island, the island's pro-independence camp seeks to interpret it as the mainland "suppressing" Taiwan, in an attempt to politicize it and fuel "anti-mainland" sentiments on the island.