Singkat Cerita: Penjaga pantai Filipina minggu yang lalu menembak kapal nelayan asal Taiwan di perairan selat Bashi di utara Filipina. Seorang nelayan berusia 65 tahun tewas dalam insiden itu. Filipina menyatakan kapal nelayan itu memasuki wilayahnya.

Taiwan's ultimatum for the Philippines is up.

The 72-hour period that Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou gave the Philippines to apologize for the death of one Taiwanese fisherman had expired.

Effective May 15, Taiwan is suspending all work applications of Filipino overseas workers and is also recalling its diplomatic representative in the Philippines.

The request for apology stemmed from the reported firing of a Philippine government boat on a Taiwanese fishing vessel on May 9. The firing incident, which happened on disputed waters north of the Philippines, caused the death of one fisherman Hung Shih-Cheng.

The move to freeze hiring of Filipino workers and the immediate recall of its envoy is an indication of President Ma-Ying-Jeou's "strong dissatisfaction" with the Philippines' manner of handling the case.

Early Wednesday, the Philippine envoy in Taipei came to issue an apology on behalf of the Philippine government but it couldn't be accepted as the three-day deadline set by Taiwan had by then lapsed.

According to Antonio Basilio, de facto Philippine ambassador to Taipei, Manila had already agreed to pay up the family of the slain fisherman and is willing to conduct a joint inquiry on the incident.

The Taiwanese leader, however, found the apology lacking in "sincerity" according to his spokesperson and ordered the expedient implementation of the measures.

The 65-year Hung was shot dead last week after a Philippine patrol boat reportedly fired 32 times on the fishing vessel carrying Hung and three others.

The fishing boat was said to be navigating in waters south east of Taiwan and north of the Philippines, a territory which both countries are laying claims to.

google translate:
Ultimatum Taiwan untuk Filipina sudah dilaksanakan

Periode 72-jam itu Presiden Taiwan Ma Ying Jeou-memberikan Filipina meminta maaf atas kematian seorang nelayan Taiwan telah habis.

Efektif 15 Mei Taiwan menangguhkan semua aplikasi kerja pekerja Filipina di luar negeri dan juga mengingat perwakilan diplomatiknya di Filipina.

Permintaan maaf berasal dari penembakan dilaporkan perahu Pemerintah Filipina pada kapal penangkap ikan Taiwan pada tanggal 9 Mei. Menembak insiden yang terjadi di perairan yang disengketakan di utara Filipina, menyebabkan kematian seorang nelayan Hung Shih-Cheng.

Langkah untuk membekukan mempekerjakan pekerja Filipina dan penarikan segera utusan adalah indikasi Presiden Ma Ying-Jeou-itu "ketidakpuasan yang kuat" dengan cara Filipina menangani kasus ini.

Rabu pagi, utusan Filipina di Taipei datang untuk mengeluarkan permintaan maaf atas nama pemerintah Filipina tetapi tidak dapat diterima sebagai tiga hari batas waktu yang ditetapkan oleh Taiwan saat itu telah murtad.

Menurut Antonio Basilio, de facto Duta Besar Filipina ke Taipei, Manila sudah setuju untuk membayar keluarga nelayan dibunuh dan bersedia untuk melakukan penyelidikan bersama mengenai insiden tersebut.

Pemimpin Taiwan, bagaimanapun, menemukan permintaan maaf kurang dalam "ketulusan" menurut juru bicara dan memerintahkan pelaksanaan tindakan bijaksana.

65 tahun Hung ditembak mati pekan lalu setelah sebuah kapal patroli Filipina dilaporkan menembakkan 32 kali pada kapal penangkap ikan yang membawa Hung dan tiga orang lainnya.

Perahu nelayan dikatakan navigasi di perairan selatan timur Taiwan dan utara Filipina, sebuah wilayah dimana kedua negara sedang meletakkan klaim.

sumber http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/46770...m#.UZTz0LVTCzs

Pendapat ane: Terlepas dari benar atau salahnya sang nelayan, tapi ane merasa luar biasa respon dan jiwa melindungi rakyat Taiwan dari diri seorang Ma Ying Jiu

Keadaan di lapangan saat ini (karena ane kebetulan lagi disini)
1. China juga ikutan Taiwan mengecam Filipina karena merasa Taiwan itu wilayahnya juga
2. Seluruh Tenaga Kerja Filipina bersiap2 dipulangkan menyusul larangan masuknya tenaga kerja Filipina ke Taiwan
3, Tetangga-tetanga ane yg punya Tenaga Kerja Filipina melarang mereka meninggalkan rumah karena biar bagaimanapun mereka masih memerlukan jasa tenaga kerja tersebut

UPDATE
Taiwan siap kirim kapal perang dengan alasan "Latihan Keamanan di daerah Filipina
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan imposed sanctions against the Philippines on Wednesday, rejecting as unacceptable a Philippine apology for the killing of a fisherman from Taiwan last week.
The row is the latest flare-up in tension in Asian seas where disputes in various places between various countries have raised fears of conflict in the economically vibrant region where competition for resources is intensifying.
Earlier on Wednesday, Taiwan recalled its envoy to the Philippines. The sanctions included the freezing of applications for work permits, the cessation of economic exchanges and military exercises in waters between the two sides.
A spokesman for Philippine President Benigno Aquino had said a formal apology was being offered to the "appropriate authority" in Taiwan over the "unfortunate loss" of the fisherman.
But Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah said the apology was inadequate because it called the fisherman's death unfortunate and unintentional, according to a statement from the Taiwan government on its website.
"We can absolutely not accept this," Jiang was quoted as saying.
The fisherman was killed in a shooting last week by the Philippine coastguard in waters off the northern Philippines. Taiwan said the killing took place in its exclusive economic zone and was a violation of international law.
A Philippines fisheries official said earlier one of its vessels, acting under the threat of being rammed, opened fire last Thursday on a Taiwanese fishing boat about 170 nautical miles southeast of Taiwan, killing one person on board.
Taiwan had issued an ultimatum to the Philippines to apologize to the man's family.
A Taiwan Defense Ministry official said military vessels and aircraft would be dispatched to the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines for a two-day military drill.
Philippine presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda told a news conference in Manila an apology was being offered and he appealed to Taiwan not to take out its anger on the more than 85,000 Filipinos working in Taiwan, many as domestic workers.
"We understand the grief and hurt of the family and of the people of Taiwan over this unfortunate loss and we empathize with them," Lacierda said, appealing for "calm and sobriety".
"Let us not involve our Filipino compatriots there. They are there working and they are there working for an honest living".
Philippine President Benigno Aquino had ordered a "thorough, exhaustive, impartial and expeditious investigation" into the shooting, Lacierda said.
The Philippines and Taiwan, as well as China, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam, are embroiled in disputes over territory in the nearby South China Sea, potentially rich in oil and gas and criss-crossed by crucial shipping lanes.
The disputes have sometimes escalated to confrontation between vessels.
To the north, China and Japan, and Japan and South Korea, are involved in different disputes over small islands. Fears of confrontation have grown there too over the past year.

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