The Keelung District Prosecutor’s Office investigated the case of smuggling 65 tons of Chinese frozen tripe by Chinese captain Yang and other five crew members. On the 8th, Yang and others were suspected of violating the smuggling regulations and applied to the court for detention. The court claimed that they had no jurisdiction The ruling was dismissed, and the Jilong District Court successfully appealed. The Keelung District Court reopened the detention court today.

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[Reporter Lin Jiadong/Keelung Report] The Keelung District Prosecutor’s Office investigated the case of smuggling 65 tons of frozen tripe from China by the Chinese captain Yang and other five crew members. Fang ruled to reject it on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction, and the Jilong District Court successfully appealed. The Keelung District Court reopened the detention court today. It believed that Yang and others were in danger of fleeing, and ruled to detain Yang and five others.

Five crew members surnamed Yang and others have been detained in the detention room of Wanlima in New Taipei City since mid-September. According to the regulations on the relationship between people across the Taiwan Strait, crew members who violate the regulations can be detained for up to 3 months and imposed administrative penalties. deportation.

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Tomorrow is the 3-month detention period for the five people including Yang. The Keelung District Court ruled to detain the five people including Yang one day before the expiry date. .

This rare case of smuggling 65 metric tons of frozen tripe by a Chinese fishing boat occurred in mid-September this year. The northern branch of the Coast Guard received a tip-off that a Chinese fishing boat with no name was sailing slowly and suspiciously off the coast of Hsinchu, my country. The Freshwater Coast Guard went to intercept.

The sea patrol team boarded and inspected the cabin and found a large number of boxes of frozen tripe in the freezer. There were Chinese simplified characters printed on the carton. It was suspected that the captain surnamed Yang came to Taiwan from smuggling frozen tripe from China, and he could not wait for the connection The fishing boat was seized by the sea patrol.

The Keelung District Prosecutor's Office rushed to apply to the court for the detention of Yang and others on suspicion of violating the smuggling regulations before the three-month detention period expired and they were deported.

On the 8th, the Keelung District Court ruled to reject it on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. In order to prevent the five Chinese crew members from escaping our country's criminal sanctions, the Chief Prosecutor Chen Zhaoshi and Prosecutor Zhang Yonghan immediately lodged a protest with the High Court that afternoon.

The High Court ruled that Yang and others were detained in Wanli after being arrested. The Keelung District Prosecutor’s Office has jurisdiction. Yang and five others were detained.