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Mainland China returns Taiwanese fishing boat and 4 crew; captain held for investigation
- Release of Taiwanese and Indonesian fishermen the latest development in series of combative fishing-related incidents between Beijing and Taipei
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Mainland Chinese authorities returned a Taiwanese fishing boat seized in July and released four of its crew but a fifth person remains under investigation in a series of fishery-related disputes that started in February.
According to Beijing’s state broadcaster CCTV on Tuesday, Fujian coastguard officers repatriated four of the five fishing boat crew detained last month on the mainland off Quanzhou, Fujian province.
The captain, surnamed Hong, remains in custody by mainland authorities, according to Taiwanese media.
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In early July, the mainland coastguard detained the Taiwanese fishing boat Da Jin Man 88 and its five crew members – two Taiwanese and three Indonesian – in waters controlled by Beijing and near the Taiwan-controlled defence outpost of Quemoy, an island also known as Kinmen.
The crew had allegedly “violated the summer fishing moratorium by using small-hole trawl nets”.
The fishing boat, carrying 1.33 tonnes (around 3,000lbs) of catch, and its crew have since been under investigation by the Fujian coastguard authorities for suspected illegal fishing of aquatic products.
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