Coast patrol drives away Chinese ships that cross the border. (Provided by Haixun)
[Reporter Cai Zongxian/Pingtung Report] In response to a video that went viral on Weibo a few days ago, claiming that the "Yunlin Ship" of the my country Coast Guard attacked the mainland fishing boat "Golden Shark" with high-pressure water cannons, causing internal damage, public opinion on the other side was clamored. In this regard, domestic military fans and grassroots Facebook communities have spoken out, criticizing the other side of the Taiwan Strait for deliberately taking words out of context and playing cognitive warfare, and exposed the full picture of the Coast Guard's original law enforcement. They called the Coast Guard's "water cannon eviction and humanitarian protection" to show full restraint and professionalism, and called on the Chinese people to fully support the Coast Guard!
According to the actual incident officially restored by the Coast Guard, the Dongsha Command of the Southeast Sand Branch took the lead in detecting the unknown target at about 11 a.m. on the 1st at 15.5 miles northeast of Dongsha Island (5.5 miles within the prohibited waters), and then notified the "Yunlin Ship" to investigate. At about 15:00 in the afternoon, the Yunlin ship discovered two Chinese fishing boats, including the "Yue Huidong Fishing 75066" and the "Golden Shark", illegally anchoring 27 miles east of Dongsha Island (8 miles within the restricted waters), and implemented a broadcast to drive them away in accordance with the law on the spot.
At that time, the "Guangdong" ship obediently lifted anchor and sailed away, but the "Golden Shark" was the only one that was arrogant and refused to cooperate. After the Yunlin ship made three consecutive broadcasts to dislodge the ship, it first sprayed a water warning for 30 seconds from a distance of 200 meters. Seeing that the other party still ignored it, it gradually approached and sprayed water on the cockpit for 90 seconds to forcefully dislodge the ship. The "Golden" ship then finally weighed anchor and sailed away, and the water cannons also stopped firing.
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Fanzhuan pointed out that it is ridiculous that the cyber forces on the other side did not mention the ship's bad attitude of violating the law and refusing to cooperate, but instead edited the video to make a fuss. In fact, when the "Golden" ship encountered power problems while sailing away, the Coast Guard not only did not leave it alone, but upheld the highest humanitarian rescue spirit. The Yunlin ship guarded the entire process and launched a small boat to board the ship to check and confirm that everyone was safe.
Not only that, at about 20 o'clock that night, the Yunlin ship even responded to the other side's request and warmly provided 35 hot meals to the crew members on board in a small boat to satisfy their hunger. Then it directly started towing and dispatched an additional Dongsha unit PP-10032 boat to guard the ship throughout the entire process. Finally, at about 23:00 in the middle of the night, Ping An towed the "Golden" ship away from my country's restricted waters and waited for it to contact a friendly ship to take over.
Fans denounced that the Chinese Communist Party community maliciously hyped "blood debt" and "violent eviction" and completely used false information to confuse right and wrong. When faced with illegal cross-border vessels, the Coast Guard not only carried out boarding inspections and water cannons to drive them away in accordance with the law, but also provided hot meals and safe tows afterwards, showing utmost kindness and justice. Taiwan's maritime borders are inviolable, and the hard work of law enforcement at the grassroots level requires the strongest backing from all Chinese people.
