We don;t know yet the circumstances with which the incident happen. Initial investigations reveal that the Taiwanese boat has been chase for the maximum of 8 hours (05.00 intrusion, 09.45 the incident, 13.05 reporting back to Taiwan authority)~
Eight hours is a long chase, we don;t know yet the detail, and a lot of things could happen. The only clear thing is, someone is dead, and the boat intruded Philippines EEZ.
It is not uncommon that shooting happen if circumstances demand, just last year South Korea and Palau also shot down Chinese crewmen for intruding their respective EEZ.
So, before the investigation results come out, it is too early to judge.
We don;t know yet the circumstances with which the incident happen. Initial investigations reveal that the Taiwanese boat has been chase for the maximum of 8 hours (05.00 intrusion, 09.45 the incident, 13.05 reporting back to Taiwan authority)~
Eight hours is a long chase, we don;t know yet the details, and a lot of things could happen. The only clear thing is, someone is dead, and the boat intruded Philippines EEZ.
It is not uncommon that shooting happen if circumstances demand, just last year South Korea and Palau also shot down Chinese crewmen for intruding their respective EEZ.
So, before the investigation results come out, it is too early to judge.
But, the point is, the Chinese and Taiwanese media hyped the news by spreading misinformation as if the boat didn't intrude Philippines EEZ and the incident happened inside Taiwan EEZ.