Kinmen Coast Guard Detains Chinese Man for Possible Intrusion

Taiwan's coast guard has detained a Chinese national for a possible illegal crossing for traveling to one of the Kinmen islands in a rubber boat.

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00:00Taiwan's Coast Guard has detained a Chinese man for possible intrusion on one of the Jinmen

00:05islands. Coast Guard footage shows officials apprehending the man before taking him to

00:10Jinmen's main island for questioning. The Coast Guard says they found the man in a rubber boat

00:15and that he was making an illegal crossing from China just a few kilometers away. An unnamed

00:21Coast Guard source says the man claimed to be seeking freedom from political persecution,

00:26but an official Coast Guard statement says they could not rule out the crossing being a

00:31Chinese grey zone tactic performed as China held large-scale military drills around Taiwan.