Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/24
By: Chen Ja-fo, Jay Chou, Huang Tzu-chiang and Kuan-lin Liu
Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) The Fisheries Agency and the Taipei Economic and Trade Office
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(TETO) in Indonesia are looking into the case of a Kaohsiung-registered long-line fishing boat that was detained by Indonesia’s Coast Guard near the Strait of Malacca on Friday.
The fishing vessel, known as the “Wei Long” (緯龍), obtained authorization to travel to Indian Ocean to fish and was on its way there after a pit stop in Singapore when it was detained by Indonesian authorities.
Coast Guard officers boarded the ship, which had 29 people on it, including a Taiwanese national in a position of authority and Filipino and Indonesian crew members.
Following an inspection of the ship, the Coast Guard tugged the ship to nearby Pulau Karimunbesar, about 30-35 kilometers west-southwest of Singapore. [FULL STORY]
