my country's Coast Guard is using water cannon to attack the cab of a Chinese fishing boat (picture taken from Threads)
On the 1st, the Dongsha Command of the Coast Guard's Southeast Sha Branch found two Chinese fishing boats intruding into restricted waters and illegally anchoring in the northeastern waters of Dongsha Island. After the Coast Guard Yunlin made three invalid broadcasts at the scene, it immediately fired water cannons to force them back and sprayed the cockpits of the Chinese fishing boats for 90 seconds to drive them away. Some netizens showed the photos of the Coast Guard water cannons driving away the Chinese fishing boats on the PO website, which triggered heated discussions. Wang Dingyu, a legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party, praised: "Tax dollars are spent here, it's cool!"
The Coast Guard stated today (2nd) that the Dongsha Command of the Southeast Sha Branch detected an unknown target at 11:00 yesterday morning at 15.5 miles northeast of Dongsha Island (5.5 miles within the restricted waters). The Coast Guard Yunlin discovered two Chinese fishing boats, including the "Yuehui Dongyu 75066" and the "Golden Shark", at 27 miles east of Dongsha Island (8 miles within the restricted waters). Illegal anchoring operation, the Yunlin ship carried out a broadcast to drive away in accordance with the law. The "Guangdong" ship lifted anchor and sailed away, but the "Golden" ship refused to anchor. After three consecutive broadcasts to dislodge failed, the Yunlin ship sprayed water upwards from a distance of 200 meters away from the "Golden" ship for 30 seconds. After that, it gradually approached and sprayed water on the cockpit for 90 seconds to drive away. The "Golden" ship then lifted anchor and sailed away.
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Some netizens posted multiple videos on the social platform Threads. It can be seen that the Taiwan Coast Guard is attacking the cab of a Chinese fishing boat with water cannon. Then the Coast Guard dispatched personnel to conduct a humanitarian rescue of the Chinese fishing boat. The original PO said in the post, "The Taiwan Coast Guard is at war with the Chinese fishing boat."
The Coast Guard stated that in accordance with the SOP regulations for the removal of Chinese ships and the use of less-lethal weapons, the Yunlin ship sprayed water into the cockpit of the "Golden Ship" for 90 seconds, avoiding people on the deck during the entire process. The "Golden" ship lost power when it was moving away. The Yunlin ship was on guard throughout the whole process and launched a small boat to check and confirm that everyone was safe. In addition, based on humanitarian considerations, the Yunlin ship immediately guarded the safety of the "Golden" ship. At about 20 o'clock in the evening, at the request of the "Golden" ship, the Yunlin ship provided 35 hot meals to the "Golden" ship's crew in a small boat. Then it started towing and sent additional troops. Dongsha unit PP-10032 was on guard throughout the entire process, and safely towed the "Golden" ship away from my country's restricted waters at around 23:00 yesterday (1st), waiting for the friend ship contacted by the "Golden" ship to come to tow. The scene was continuously guarded by coast guard vessels, and at 0615 today (2nd), the "Golden" ship was safely towed back to the Chinese work vessel "Haiyang Youyou 681".
Legislator Wang Dingyu also released a video this morning showing the legitimate law enforcement of the Yunlin ship. He emphasized that the coast guard flying the Chinese flag enforced the law and drove away the illegal cross-border fishing boats flying the People's Republic of China, which also proved the basic fact that the Republic of China, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China are not affiliated with each other.
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