subject: Taiwan fishing boats were again detained by Taiwan authorities to send help Japan deal [print this page] Taiwan fishing boats were again detained by Taiwan authorities to send help Japan deal
Japan Coast Guard ship on the 8th morning Okinotorishima reef waters containing eight people detained Taiwanese fishing vessel "Dragon Wing 2", the Japanese side that the vessel operating illegally intruded into Japanese territorial waters. The captain is currently under investigation.
Taiwan's "foreign" department spokesman Michel Lu said this morning that the unit has to grasp the situation and appointed by the office in Yokohama, Japan to assist in handling.
Ilan County, 49.2 tons Su Australian fishing vessel "Dragon Wing 2", yesterday at about 9:20 in the "red bird" northern waters, the Japanese Fisheries Agency patrol boat was the "illegal cross-border fishing" as an excuse to arrest, including the Taiwanese captain, 52, including eight crew members were detained, Su-ao District Fishermen's Association in conjunction with family night last night rescue.
In the "Dragon Wing 2" detained six days ago, Su is also an Australian "new 86 floats on the waves," was arrested in Japan for cross-border fishing grounds, export Japanese yen 4.3 million yuan, the captain Liu Wing Wah was released to return to Taiwan.
Taiwan has been sent to assist in handling
Taiwan's "foreign" department spokesman Michel Lu, confirmed today that do have fishing vessels from Taiwan, "LONG Rong 2" for cross-border fishing by the Japanese seized the government offices in Yokohama, Japan has sent staff to assist, the owner is willing to Japan party to pay a fine.
Yokohama Office official told reporters today that Japan-DPRK office and pay a fine to resolve the seizure of the direction of consultation events, but yet to understand the views of the owner in Taiwan, now Taiwan's fishing boats and Japanese patrol ship is heading for the nearest sulfur Juan Island, the island has airport facilities, the Japanese side proposed of translators to the island to see the incident.
The official pointed out that the Japanese side on the treatment of detained vessels are usually two ways: one after the other to pay a fine to be released; two ships, and personnel sent back to Japan, the courts, offices and the Japanese side towards the first ways to resolve the direction of the negotiations.
Taiwan fishing boats were again detained in Japan
This year in June, Yilan County of Taiwan Province Area Japanese fishermen have been repeatedly driven by dissatisfaction, in the waters near the Diaoyu Islands gathered to protest the forcible expulsion of the Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats fishing in the waters of Taiwan fishery production activities. Once triggered tensions between Taiwan and Japan, but Taiwan authorities to compromise with Japan and let the matter rest.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao on June 9 has been on Japan's forcible expulsion of China Taiwan fishermen to comment that the Diaoyu Islands are Chinese territory since ancient times, the Chinese side has indisputable historic and legal basis. Waters near the Diaoyu Islands is a traditional fishing ground of Chinese fishermen, Japan's forcible expulsion of the normal operation of the waters of Taiwan fishermen, is a violation of China's sovereign rights.
Why Japan love Okinotorishima reef
Okinotorishima reef, the Japanese side said "Okinotori Island" or "red Bird Island" is a coral reef, located at latitude of 20 degrees, 25 minutes, longitude 136 04, 1,700 kilometers from Tokyo, the capital of Naha, Okinawa from 1100 km , 720 km from Iwo Jima, away from the parent island of the Ogasawara Islands, 910 km. Okinotorishima original reef above water at high tide sea water, but after scouring the reef gradually sinking into the water, so, Chong Bird Reef simply can not sustain human habitation, the economy can not sustain human life, Chong Bird Rock but block, is there should be no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf. And that the reef from the Japanese mainland, the nearest islands are 600 kilometers over Japan.
But for huge economic interests, the Japanese side stressed that the status of the reef islands, and has been trying to artificial means to change the status of the reef.
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