Taiwanese probers watch wideo of PH Coast Guard's fatal encounter with fishing vessel

MANILA, Philippines - Taiwanese investigators watched on Tuesday morning almost two hours of video taken by the Philippine Coast Guard and which captured the May 9 incident in the Balintang Channel, during which a Taiwanese fisherman was killed.

The investigators were accompanied by representatives of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office - the country’s de facto embassy to Taiwan - and Teco, its Taiwanese counterpart.

They declined to discuss what they saw.

On Wednesday, the Taiwanese investigators are scheduled to inspect the vessel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources that was involved in the incident. They may also interview the Coast Guard personnel on board the ship at the time.

The death of the fisherman, whom the Coast Guard said was shot when his fishing boat allegedly tried to ram the BFAR vessel, has caused a serious rift between the Philippines and Taiwan.

On Monday the Taiwanese investigators conducted ballistics tests on the 17 firearms surrendered by the Coast Guard personnel in the incident.

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