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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/24
By: Kuo Chu-chen, Chen Chun-hua, and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, July 24 (CNA) The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said Sunday that it has been consistently protecting a Taiwanese fishing boat flotilla heading for Taiping Island in the South China Sea to highlight Republic of China sovereignty and fishing rights on and around the island, ever since the boats departed July 20 from a port in the southern county of Pingtung.

Denying reports by some local media outlets that the CGA does not care about the flotilla, the administration said in a statement that the reports are groundless.

The CGA cited as evidence the fact that it sent a patrol ship to help one of the flotilla’s five fishing boats that developed mechanical problems to return to Donggang Fishing Port in Pingtung on the same day of its departure. The boat embarked again for Taiping Island July 22 after dealing with the problems.     [FULL  STORY]