Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/27
By: Emerson Lim and Kuan-lin Liu
Manila, Sept. 27 (CNA) The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines on
Gary Lin (林松煥)/CNA file photo
Wednesday denied claims by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte that Taiwan was one of the sources of illegal drugs entering his country.
In a CNA interview, Taiwan’s representative to the Philippines Gary Lin (林松煥) said what is known at the moment is that illegal drugs in the Philippines are not coming from Taiwan.
Taiwan does not ship drugs to the Philippines, Lin said, adding that his office, however, was looking into the situation, after Duterte claimed Tuesday that illegal drugs were entering his country via Taiwan.
Lin pointed out that Duterte himself had said the drugs were being produced in international waters and in the first administrative region of the Philippines, referring to Ilocos in northwestern Luzon. [FULL STORY]