2.14 Latest progress in negotiations between the two sides in the Kinmen collision incident: The 10th closed-door secret meeting was held this morning, but after the meeting lasted 50 minutes, both sides left the meeting with solemn faces. However, Taiwan media reported that the Taiwan side accepted two of the three conditions put forward by the mainland, namely compensation and apology, and still strongly avoided the third condition of "accountability," that is, punishing the perpetrators.
After the Kinmen ship collision incident, the two sides of the strait have been unable to reach a consensus after nine secret discussions in the past six days, and both sides have become a little tired, but their attitude has softened somewhat. After yesterday's truce of one day, at 9 o'clock this morning, representatives of the two sides returned to the Kinmen Hujiang Hotel, where they held their first talks, for the 10th closed-door consultation, and the outside world speculated that the meeting venue of the Hujiang Hotel was relatively formal, and there might be written agreements or apologies and other documents, but after the meeting lasted about 50 minutes, the mainland representatives took the lead in leaving, and all of them were solemn, and they were silent on whether they reached a consensus, signed an apology document, and the amount of comfort, and other issues, and Xu Jingzhi, deputy director of the "Coast Guard," then led the relevant personnel to go straight upstairs. No explanation was given.
In the process of handling the case, the Taiwan side's posture is to delay, sluggish, and indecisive. In the end, two conditions were accepted, reparations and an apology, but accountability was still evaded. It is said that the compensation is rumored to be 1.4 million yuan, and the mainland side has considered agreeing to change the "public apology" that it originally insisted on to "a written apology."
As for the remains of the 2 fishermen, the autopsy was originally scheduled for the 29th, but the time has been postponed due to the disagreement of the family members. However, it is also rumored that the Taiwan authorities have agreed to allow the fishermen's bodies to be brought back by the mainland. The Kinmen District Prosecutor's Office responded to this, saying that it was inconvenient to explain. In this regard, former Kuomintang "legislator" Cai Zhengyuan pointed out: Should the body be kept in Kinmen forever? In this way, the pressure will not be on the mainland.
Former *** legislator Guo Zhengliang said that if there is no way to rebuild credibility, it is useless to give consolation money. Because the consolation money is the last item, the front is the truth, accountability, and admission of mistakes, and the last is the consolation money. He suggested that now the autopsy and ship inspection should be carried out, and the land side should be involved in a form, and the truth would probably come out; Next, the Taiwan side will use a written letter to express a certain degree of apology.