Taiwan's detained fishing boat is expected to be released today

Introduction: an official from the Yokohama Office of Taipei's economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan pointed out yesterday that the Taiwan fishing boat "Longrong No The official pointed out that as a result of the negotiation between the office and Japan's maritime security agency, the Taiwanese fishing boat will be released near ryukhuang island on the 11th after the ship owner paid a deposit of 4.08 million yen The Taiwanese fishing boat and Japanese patrol boat have sailed to ryukhuang Island nearby Japan plans to send translators and other personnel to the island to deal with the incident At the same time, he said that there are two ways for Japan to deal with the seized foreign fishing vessels: first, release them after the other party pays the security deposit; second, take the vessels and personnel back to Japan and send them to the court The office and the Japanese side reached a consensus on the first way of handling The Japanese side originally required Taiwan fishing boats to pay a deposit of 4.3 million yen, which was reduced to 4.08 million yen after coordination The ship owner has agreed to pay 11 days after the end of the national holidays in Japan In explaining the issue of the security deposit, the official pointed out that it was used to ensure that in the future, if Japan conducts judicial proceedings to summon Taiwan's fishing boats, Taiwan must respond to the inquiry, otherwise it will be confiscated and the case will be closed Chongzhiniao is located in the Pacific Ocean 1700km away from Tokyo It is called the southernmost "island" by Japan and included in the exclusive economic sea area Japan says it is the first time to detain "foreign" fishing boats near chongzhiniao China calls "the bird of flushing" only a reef exposed to the sea, and Japan unilaterally claims it as territory after it is strengthened and expanded with cement "Longrong-2" is the second time that a Taiwanese fishing boat has been seized by Japan since the 15th fishing rights negotiation held in Tokyo on July 29 The last time, on October 3, the su'ao fishing boat "xinlingbo-86" was also arrested by Japanese patrol boats for cross-border fishing in the waters near chongzhiniao As early as June this year, fishermen in su'ao District, Ilan County, Taiwan Province were repeatedly driven away by Japan because of dissatisfaction They gathered in the waters near the Diaoyu Island to protest against the inspection ship of Japan's maritime security agency forcing the fishing production activities of Taiwan's fishing boats in the waters At one time, it caused tension between Taiwan and Japan, but it failed because the Taiwan authorities compromised with Japan.