NBI team arrives in Taiwan

Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Asis Perez points to a map in Manila on May 10, 2013, showing where a Philippine fisheries patrol vessel manned by the coast guard shot at a Taiwanese fishing vessel the day before near Balintang island in the northern Philippines. The Philippine coastguard admitted on May 10 that its personnel shot at a Taiwanese fishing boat in an incident that authorities in Taipei said left a crewman dead. AFP FILE PHOTO/Jay DIRECTO

TAIWAN – The eight-man team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) tasked to conduct an investigation into the Philippine Coast Guard’s shooting of a Taiwanese fishing boat and which had resulted in the death of a Taiwanese fisherman has arrived in Taiwan Monday morning.

Security was tight at the Taoyuan International Airport when the team of investigators arrived at past 10 a.m. on board Philippine Airlines flight PR896.

The team is now on their way to Taipei City which is roughly an hour’s drive away from the international airport.

Once they reach Taipei, the NBI team will be meeting with officials from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), and the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice.

They are expected to face the media at 3 p.m. Monday in a press conference.

The NBI agents are set to inspect the Taiwanese fishing vessel Guang Ta Hsin 28 by Wednesday.