Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/05
By: Wang Yang-yu and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) Justice Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) said Thursday that Taiwan

Chiu Tai-san (邱太三, CNA file photo)

is not a source of illegal drugs trafficked to other countries, as claimed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Asked about the issue during a hearing of the Legislative Yuan’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee, Chiu said Duterte’s claim could be based on the fact that China and a lot of Southeast Asian countries transport drugs via Taiwan, resulting in the mistaken idea that the drugs are coming from there.

In fact, 75 percent of the drugs seized in Taiwan are from China and Hong Kong, making Taiwan a country into which drugs are smuggled, rather than a place they are smuggled from.    [FULL  STORY]