02 May 2016

News Story: Taiwan sends patrol ships to disputed waters

TAIPEI, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan has dispatched two patrol ships to protect Taiwanese fishing boats operating near a Japanese atoll after Japan's seizure of one such boat last month.

The patrol boats from Taiwan's coast guard and fishery authorities, set off at 11 a.m. on Sunday from Kaohsiung Port in southern Taiwan, for a one-month mission. They will reach the targeted international waters in three to five days.

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