Chinese coast guard ships once again enter the waters of Kinmen, Taiwan's frontline island

Taipei = Yonhap News Correspondent Kim Cheol-moon = Amid China's military pressure targeting Taiwan, a Chinese coast guard ship once again entered the waters of Kinmen, a frontline island under Taiwan's jurisdiction.

Kinmen Island is 200km away from Taiwan's main island and only 4km from Xiamen in Fujian Province, China, but it is a thorn in China's eyes as it is a frontline island effectively controlled by Taiwan.

According to Taiwanese media such as the Free Times on the 10th, Taiwan's Coast Guard (Coast Guard) announced that it detected four Chinese coast guard ships entering the restricted waters of Kinmen Island, where the wind was strong at the time, at around 2:50 p.m. local time the day before.

The report added that Chinese coast guard ships formed a formation of two ships each and entered restricted waters from the southwest of Zhaishan and east of Liaolu, south of Jinmen Island, respectively, and that their ships were urgently dispatched to deploy forward in the direction of travel of the Chinese coast guard ships to monitor them and initiate interception maneuvers.

The maritime order ships made radio warning broadcasts in Chinese and English, requesting the Chinese Coast Guard ship to leave the area. Accordingly, the Chinese Coast Guard ship left the area at around 4:50 p.m., about two hours later.

Haesunseo criticized the Chinese coast guard ships, which have been frequently invading recently, and entered Kinmen waters in formation six times in the past two weeks, criticizing it as a very unprofessional and irrational act for the Chinese coast guard ships to intentionally invade in formation while the maritime conditions were poor.

At the same time, he pointed out that it not only ignored navigational safety, but also created navigational risks for passing ships.

In addition, Hae-sun said, "China is trying to destroy regional peace and stability through 'fake law enforcement and actual expansion of jurisdiction,' and we will protect national sovereignty and maritime safety by immediately monitoring and repelling such intrusive actions by China."