Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/16
By: Claudia Liu and S.C. Chang
Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Interior Minister Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮) said late Tuesday he had 
not informed any country of a visit he made to Taiping Island and that it was not “directly related” to reported pre-arrangements for a possible visit to the South China Sea island by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
Yeh made the remarks upon returning from a visit to the island at the head of a delegation that included officials and academics.
He said he made the visit mainly because household, civil and land administration of the island are parts of his job as minister of the interior.
“This will not be the last of my inspection tour of the island,” he said, adding that however, the just-concluded visit was not directly related to whether arrangements were being made for a visit by the president. [FULL STORY]
