TAIWAN: Philippines team exchanges forensic reports with Taiwan investigators looking into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards
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TAIWAN: Philippines team exchanges forensic reports with Taiwan investigators looking into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards
- Title: TAIWAN: Philippines team exchanges forensic reports with Taiwan investigators looking into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards
- Date: 27th May 2013
- Summary: NEW TAIPEI, TAIWAN (MAY 27, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE FILIPINO INVESTIGATORS IN A MEETING ROOM PHILIPPINES NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) CHIEF OF FOREIGN LIAISON DIVISION DANNY DAGANZO SPEAKING WITH TAIWANESE OFFICIALS MORE OF DAGANZO TALKING JOURNALISTS VIDEO CAMERA VARIOUS OF DAGANZO TALKING TO THE FILIPINO INVESTIGATION TEAM (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHILIPPINES NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CHIEF OF FOREIGN LIAISON DIVISION DANNY DAGANZO SAYING: "The reason why we came here at the Forensic Institute is that we want to get hold of the autopsy report conducted by this institution, and we will have it translated. If ever we have some issues or concerns that wanted to be clarified, we are going to go back to them and ask these questions." JOURNALISTS VIDEO CAMERA TAIWAN INVESTIGATOR PREPARING FOR INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) PINGTUNG DISTRICT CHIEF PROSECUTOR, HSIEH CHIH-MING SAYING: "Having the bullet samples really helps to clarify the facts, these samples will be given to our criminal police for preliminary comparison, and the Filipino investigators will further confirm from their side. I think this will help clarifying who was the one shooting, and which gun was used to kill the victim." JOURNALISTS VIDEO CAMERAS
- Embargoed: 11th June 2013 13:00
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- Location: Taiwan, Province of China
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- Country: Taiwan
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
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- Story Text: A delegation from the Philippines met with Taiwanese prosecutors on Monday (May 27) for investigations into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard in waters off the northern Philippines.
Diplomatic tensions over the incident heightened last week when Taiwan recalled its envoy to the Philippines and imposed sanctions on Manila.
"The reason why we came here at the Forensic Institute is that we want to get hold of the autopsy report conducted by this institution, and we will have it translated. If ever we have some issues or concerns that wanted to be clarified, we are going to go back to them and ask these questions," said Danny Daganzo from the Philippine's National Bureau of Investigation.
The Philippine Coast Guard has admitted to the shooting the fisherman on May 9 incident, but said it was done in self-defence when the fishing vessel tried to ram their ship.
The Pingtung District's Chief Prosecutor Hsieh Chih-Ming said that the Filipino delegation has provided the bullet samples from the coast guard ships to help with ballistic comparison.
"Having the bullet samples really helps to clarify the facts, these samples will be given to our criminal police for preliminary comparison, and the Filipino investigators will further confirm from their side. I think this will help clarifying who was the one shooting, and which gun was used to kill the victim," he said.
Both countries have agreed to hold a parallel investigation, with close coordination between the two investigation teams. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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