The man is suspected of involvement in the deaths of at least four unarmed men, who were shot as they were drifting in the water, clinging to some debris. On Sunday, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutor's Office declined to say whether the suspect who was arrested had been working on a Taiwanese vessel at the time of the shooting or to identify the boat. It is not uncommon for Taiwanese ship owners to hire mainland Chinese captains to supervise mostly Southeast Asian crews. Taiwan's prosecutors on Sunday also declined to say whether the suspect had entered Kaohsiung port on a Taiwanese owned vessel. The court also ruled that he be held in isolation, in keeping with Taiwan's virus prevention measures.

Source: The Standard August 23, 2020 10:29 UTC