MOFA seeks to assist three Taiwan nationals detained in Cairo

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said late Wednesday that it had asked Taiwan's mission in Jordan to help three Taiwanese, including a film art director, currently being held at Cairo airport after being prevented from leaving Egypt on Tuesday night on suspicion of "theft of artifacts."

(Full text of the story is now in CNA English news archive. To view the full story, you will need to be a subscribed member of the CNA archive. To subscribe, please read here.)