Taipei Times
Date: Jul 17, 2016
By: Tseng Wei-chen and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Pan-green lawmakers yesterday asked why former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) did not implement suggestions he made of ways to uphold the nation’s sovereignty over Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島) while he was president.

At a news conference on Thursday, Ma said that as he is no longer in office, he would refrain from talking too much about the issue of the South China Sea, instead urging patience from the public as the new government acts to safeguard national sovereignty, adding that it needs time and space to do so effectively.

However, Ma yesterday listed 10 suggestions to protect sovereignty over Itu Aba in a letter published by the Chinese-language United Daily News.     [FULL  STORY]