Taipei Times
Date: Mar 09, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
A coalition of pro-unification groups yesterday criticized the Japanese government for
Members of pro-unification groups yesterday protest outside the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association’s Taipei office, criticizing Japan for encroaching on Taiwanese fishing rights.
Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times
encroaching on Taiwanese fishing rights during a protest outside the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association’s Taipei office.
At 11am yesterday, about 30 protesters from the Concentric Patriotism Association (CPA), the Chung Hwa Baodiao Alliance, the Chinese Association of Friends of Okinawa (CAFO) and other groups gathered in front of the office on Qingcheng Street in the city’s Songshan District (松山), shouting “We want our fishing rights” and “Say no to Japanese invasion.”
Protesters attempted to throw eggs at the office, but were unable to approach, as it was surrounded by more than 100 police officers and protected with barricades.
Japanese patrol boats on Saturday and Sunday harassed the Taiwanese fishing vessel Tung Pan Chiu No. 28 in waters near the disputed Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), allegedly because it crossed a designated zone for fishing activities stipulated by a 2013 Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Agreement. [FULL STORY]
