Taiwan's government is pushing back on claims of abuse after deporting a Chinese man who jumped off a tour group to seek asylum, saying officials followed the law throughout.

• A Chinese national who claimed to be a former state TV host sought humanitarian asylum in Taiwan but was denied and sent back to Thailand, his prior stop.
• After returning to Thailand, he accused Taiwan's immigration officers of binding, hooding, and beating him, calling it worse than treatment under China's government.
• Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said the deportation was fully recorded on video, officials tried to persuade him peacefully first, and he resisted at every step, including refusing to leave the plane in Thailand.
• Officials said they could not verify his claims of persecution since no outside group or evidence backed him up, and his passport showed he traveled to Thailand as a tourist with no exit restrictions from China.
• The agency said these asylum cases are hard calls each year, balancing humanitarian concerns against Taiwan's limited capacity and security concerns about who would support the person if allowed to stay.

Outlook: Taiwan is likely to keep facing similar asylum requests from Chinese nationals and will continue weighing them case by case under current law.