Taiwanese authorities confirmed on Tuesday that a fishing vessel was chased by the Japanese Coast Guard for operating outside the agreed fishing zone
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/07
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A member of Taiwan’s pro-China political party splashed red
Law enforcement has been reinforced after a man splashed paint on the signboard of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association in protest (By Central News Agency)
paint on the signboard of Japan’s semi-diplomatic office in Taipei Wednesday in protest against the country’s response to a Taiwanese finishing vessel that had violated the agreement between the two countries.
Chen Chin-fung (陳清峰) was arrested by the police minutes after he splashed the paint and bellowed out offensive words in front of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA), reported the Liberty Times.
Chen’s Unionist Party (中華統一促進黨) comrade, Lee Chen-long (李承龍), said Chen intended to lodge a protest against the Japanese authorities for their handling of the incident involving the “Tung Pan Chiu No. 28” (東半球28號) fishing vessel, since “the Taiwan government has not done anything yet.”
However, after an investigation into the incident was conducted, the country’s Fishery Agency confirmed on Tuesday that the Tung Pan Chiu No. 28 had operated outside the agreed fishing zone specified in the 2013 Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Agreement.
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