The China Post
Date: July 2, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Tsai Ing-wen, responding to the accidental firing of a supersonic
President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a gathering held at Paraguay’s Central Bank on June 29, local time, expressing thanks to Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes for his government’s “magnificent hospitality.” Tsai is currently on her way back from her first trip abroad after visiting Paraguay and Panama, attending the opening ceremony of the latter’s expanded canal. (CNA)
anti-ship missile by the Navy on Friday, instructed the National Security Council (NSC, 國安會) and Defense Ministry to launch an investigation into the cause of the incident.
Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺) stated that the NSC immediately contacted officials with Tsai’s delegation after receiving the Defense Ministry’s notice. The delegation was in Los Angeles when the incident was reported.
Upon receiving the news, Tsai immediately instructed the NSC and Defense Ministry to provide details about the situation and to carry out a necessary and suitable response, Huang said.
Around 10 p.m. Pacific Time, Tsai, along with NSC Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) and Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Liu Chien-hsin (劉建忻), listened to NSC Secretary-General Chen Chun-lin’s (陳俊麟) report through secure channels. [FULL STORY]
