Min Ping Yu No. 5202
Native name | 闽平渔5202号船难 |
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English name | Min Ping Yu No. 5202 shipwreck |
Date | 13 August 1990 |
Time | 10:08 pm (UTC+8) |
Location | 13 nautical miles north of ROCS Wen Shan PF-834 |
Participants | 50 Fujian residents being repatriated, Republic of China Navy |
Deaths | 21 |
Min Ping Yu No. 5202 was a 50-foot mainland Chinese fishing boat from
Background
Fujian fishermen numbering in thousands each year sneaked across the strait into Taiwan after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan in 1987, as the economy of Taiwan was much better than that of mainland China at the time. Since the ROC government refused any contact with the PRC government, the ROC government repatriated them by seized mainland Chinese fishing boats. Taiwanese authorities ordered that deportees be locked in sealed holds to prevent them from forcing the ship to return to Taiwan. On July 21, 1990, 25 mainland Chinese illegal immigrants died from suffocation on fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 in a repatriation operation, which had caused indignation in mainland China and Taiwan.
In response to criticisms from the Taiwanese public, on August 13, a high-profile repatriation was arranged by the Taiwanese authorities. Legislators and the media were invited to witness the repatriation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants. Before the repatriation operation, legislators including
Incident
At 10:08 pm on August 13, at 13 nautical miles to the north of
Aftermath
The Taiwan government was under heavy criticisms for the two repatriation operations which caused a total of 46 deaths in less than a month. ROC Premier Hau Pei-tsun said that the repatriation was a matter of national security and the public should support the military.[7] The Red Cross organizations of Taiwan and mainland China signed the Kinmen Agreement and took over the repatriation mission on September 12, 1990.
The shipwreck had caused a public outrage in Pingtan, Fujian, as it was the second incident claiming many lives of people from there. The deputy director of Taiwan Affairs Office of Pingtan County Xue Laijin said that it was not an accident, but a result of Taiwan government's constant maltreatment of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants.[2]
An investigation by the Control Yuan found that the frigate had failed to keep distance with the fishing boat, and the Navy had not actively carried out the rescue operation after the shipwreck, and had not made full effort to salvage the boat to preserve evidence, so the Navy was responsible for the shipwreck.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "新華社引述台報報道指出 軍艦撞沉大陸漁船事 台灣當局圖掩蓋真相 軍方一直把生還者與外界隔離". 大公報. 1990-08-24. p. 2.
- ^ a b "閩平潭官員責台當局 指撞船慘劇決非偶然". 大公報. 1990-08-17. p. 2.
- ^ "遣送偷渡客船隻又生意外 閩平漁碰及護航艦 覆沉後廿一人失蹤 閩平漁碰撞前護航艦迴避不及 夜海迷茫故僅得廿九人出生天". 華僑日報. 1990-08-15. p. 11.
- ^ a b "遭台軍艦攔腰衝撞斷為兩截 台遣返大陸船再生慘劇 溺死二十一人社會震驚 要求當局負起責任改善遣返作業". 大公報. 1990-08-15. p. 1.
- ^ "閩平漁5202號偷渡客獲救與撞船原因探討". 中華電視公司. 1990-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ^ "台海鉤沉:金門協議「五無協議」 達成六項共識". 台海網. 2010-09-12.
- ^ "大陸偷渡客要遣返 郝揆說這政策不變 海軍軍區司令向監委簡報詳情 指閩平漁圖擺脫監視偏離航線". 華僑日報. 1990-08-16. p. 11.
- ^ "台調查遣返撞船案 報告指稱海軍有責". 大公報. 1991-02-06. p. 5.
External links
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