Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/19
By: Feng Shao-fu and Ko Lin

Taipei, April 19 (CNA) The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) warned Friday that it will not tolerate illegal trespassing or any forms of aggression in Taiwanese waters, after receiving reports of Chinese fishing boats pelting Taiwanese vessels around Taiwan’s Matsu Islands with rocks.

A 500-ton Penghu coast guard vessel and two additional patrol boats have been deployed to the outlying islands to stop any future incursions by Chinese fishing boats in the area, the CGA said.

The response came after a Beigan-registered Taiwanese fishing boat reported Wednesday that it was attacked and chased off by numerous Chinese boats in Taiwan-controlled waters between Gaodeng and Zhongdao islets.    [FULL  STORY]