The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) on Wednesday said that it expelled two Chinese military vessels that intruded into waters off Kinmen County.
The Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu Branch yesterday confirmed that it began monitoring two suspicious vehicles that came from the direction of Xiamen, China — which is near Taiwan’s three outlying counties — at 9:13am on Wednesday. The vessels then entered the restricted waters south of Kinmen’s Zhaishan area.
The CGA said it monitored the situation, dispatched patrol boat PP-10039 to gather evidence, and discovered that the Chinese ships were People’s Liberation Army (PLA) supply ships, with hull numbers “KD161” and “KD162,” built with the structural integrity of landing craft.
Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration
Following the discovery, the Taiwanese patrol boat issued warnings and drove the vessels away, with the whole ordeal lasting about 40 minutes, the CGA said.
The army’s Kinmen Defense Command yesterday also confirmed the incident, saying that it discovered the sortie on Wednesday and reported the ships to the CGA’s Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu Branch.
They also told the response troops to heighten their awareness following the incident, the command added.
The army said that it is capable of monitoring the situation around the area and providing proper situational response.
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