Beijing has strongly condemned Taiwan over the deaths of two mainland Chinese fishermen who drowned during a pursuit by the island’s coastguard in an unusual incident that could inflame cross-strait tensions, Ednews reports citing the South China Morning Post.
The Taiwanese coastguard said the incident happened on Wednesday when it chased a speedboat from mainland China that was trespassing in waters off Taiwan’s defence outpost of Quemoy – also known as Kinmen.
China calls for an investigation into ‘malicious incident’ and accuses the island’s coastguard of using ‘violent and dangerous methods’.
Coastguard says the fishermen drowned after their speedboat capsized while it was pursuing them for trespassing near Quemoy.
