Bodies of fishermen from February boat accident brought back to mainland – Xinhua

KINMEN, July 30 (Xinhua) — The bodies of two Chinese mainland fishermen who died in a boating accident near Kinmen Island in February were returned to the mainland on Tuesday along with a seized fishing boat.

Prior to their return, the victims’ families reached a consensus with the Taiwanese side in Kinmen after negotiations on the consequences of the incident.

They were accompanied by representatives of a local branch of the Chinese Red Cross in the eastern province of Fujian.

The fishing boat was pursued and rammed by a Taiwanese patrol vessel on February 14. In the incident, all four fishermen on board fell into the sea, two of them died. ■