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Manila ready to apologize for fisherman's death

Source:Globaltimes.cn Published: 2013-5-15 9:40:00

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Incident Details

	Time: 10 am, May 9, 2013
	Location: 170 nautical miles off Taiwan’s eastern coast
	Incident: a Filipino military ship opened fire on Taiwan's fishing boat Kuang Ta Hsing 28
	Casualties: 65-year-old Taiwan fisherman, Hong Shi Cheng, was killed after being shot

Timeline
May 9	Taiwan fisherman shot dead A Taiwanese fisherman, Hung Shih-cheng, 65, was shot dead in the morning by a Filipino military ship.
	China condemns fatal shooting of Taiwanese fisherman China strongly condemned the reported fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
	Taiwan demands Philippine probe into death of fisherman Taiwan leader, Ma Ying-jeou, has demanded that the Philippine government fully investigate the killing of a Taiwan fisherman as quickly as possible.
	Philippine navy denies killing of Taiwan fisherman The Philippine Navy denied reports of killing a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine personnel.
May 10	Taiwan demands apology from Philippines for fisherman's death aiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou demanded an apology and compensation from the Philippines after a Taiwanese fisherman was shot and killed by the Philippine Coast Guard.
May 10	Philippines admits to killing Taiwan fisherman, assures investigation The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) admitted to killing a Taiwanese fisherman off northern Philippine sea on Thursday at a press conference here.
May 11	Body of fisherman back to Taiwan The body of a Taiwanese fisherman, killed in a shooting incident by Philippine coast guard on the sea, was taken back to Taiwan early Saturday morning.
	Taipei suspends city exchanges with Philippines after shooting Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin announced on Saturday the suspension of inter-city exchanges with the Philippines after a Taiwanese fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coast guards at sea.
	Filipino official websites attacked Philippine government said on Saturday that about 10 official websites of government departments were attacked by hackers. Local media reported that the attacks were from Taiwan.
May 12	Taiwan asks Philippine response to fisherman killing in 72 hours Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou vowed to give the Philippines 72 hours to respond to demands regarding the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman at sea, or Taiwan will take actions to retaliate.
	Philippine envoy apologizes to victim's family A Philippine envoy has visited the family of the Taiwan fisherman and apologized to them.
	Philippine gov't sends condolences to family of Taiwanese fisherman Philippine Deputy Presidential Spokeswoman Abigail Valte on Sunday extended sincere sympathies and condolences to the family of the fisherman from China's Taiwan region who was killed by men from the Philippine Coast Guard Thursday. But, she failed to make an apology as requested by officials and people from Taiwan.
May 13	Protests rock Taiwan as tensions rise over shooting Tensions have continued to grow between Taiwan and the Philippines as hundreds of Taiwan residents and fishermen protested Monday against last week's killing of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippines coast guard in disputed waters.
May 13	Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for calm Philippine President Benigno Aquino Aquino said Monday the Philippines' representative office in Taiwan was in talks with Taiwan officials and had assured them an investigation was being carried out.
May 14	Philippines decides to defer comment on attack of Taiwanese fishing vessel Philippine Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Tuesday his country would rather defer any comment on response to Taiwan's demand on the attack of a Taiwanese fishing vessel on May 9. Manila ready to apologize The Philippines has agreed to demands from Taiwan to officially apologize for the fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman, but did not agree to demands for compensation, Taiwanese media said on May 14. Taiwan to conduct a naval drill: media According to Taiwan's Central News Agency, the exercise will be held Thursday and involve a Kidd-class destroyer, a Perry-class frigate and three coastguard frigates. A number of fighter jets will also be involved in the drill which will for the first time target the Philippines as the enemy, it said.

Comments

Taiwan justified in taking tough stance -Global Times
This is the most resolute position Taiwan has taken in maritime disputes between China and other countries in recent years.

Shooting calls for strong countermeasures - Global Times
The mainland needs to strike a balance between Ma's concerns and the interests of Chinese people. If it is confirmed the Philippine navy is behind the shooting, the mainland should show its stance by intensifying navy activities in the disputed water between the mainland and Philippines.

Philippines' explanation on killing Taiwanese fisherman utterly untenable - Xinhua News Agency
The Philippines should carry out a serious probe and adopt effective measures to prevent repetition of similar events, so as to safeguard China-Philippines relations as well as regional peace and security with genuine sincerity and concrete deeds.

Chinese mainland can send warships to the area to "fight piracy" - ifeng.com
If the Philippine government denies the shooting, we can treat the accident as if pirates attacked. Taiwan should step up patrols in this area. The Chinese mainland can also send warships there in order to protect the safety of Taiwanese fishermen.

Ma Ying-jeou should cooperate with the Chinese mainland to protect fishermen - ifeng.com
In the disputed areas, similar tragedies may affect fishermen again, even if the Philippine government apologizes this time. If the Chinese mainland and Taiwan can cooperate in patrols to protect the fishermen, Philippine vessels will not dare to shoot Taiwanese fishing boat.

Ma Ying-jeou should learn a lesson from the incident this time and start joint patrols in these disputed areas with the Chinese mainland as soon as possible.

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