Ugandan officials return passports to four Taiwanese

Ugandan immigration authorities have returned the passports of four Taiwanese after withholding the travel documents at Entebbe International Airport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hsiao Kuang-wei (蕭光偉) said yesterday.After hearing about the incident, the ministry immediately instructed its representative office in Somaliland, which is responsible for affairs involving Uganda, to closely monitor the situation and work with the Uganda Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce to communicate with the authorities there, Hsiao said.The passports were returned to their holders on Wednesday local time, he said. Republic of China passports are pictured on March 5, 2023. Photo: CNA The incident followed an earlier incident in which Ugandan immigration officials withheld the passports of two Taiwanese