Taiwan ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the incident of women’ s customs officers in Pacific, Palau, in the Pacific Island. It has expressed concern about Palau. The Embassy in Pa also emphasized that border law enforcement should take into account international passenger rights.
Taiwan Mirror News reported last month that the Taiwanese woman went to Palau, Taiwan's diplomatic relations on June 17. After arriving at the local airport, local customs personnel inspected her luggage and found that there were no prohibited products.Take her to a small room, ask for getting rid of the whole body, and even checking the private parts.
The Taiwanese embassy in Palau went to the hotel where the woman stayed to understand the situation and expressed concern to Palau.
It is reported that this move may be related to the hiding drugs in mainland China earlier.After the women in the mainland got off the plane in May, they went to the toilet to hide the drugs on the private parts, resulting in Palau to strengthen the passage of the passage.
The United Daily News reported on Tuesday (July 2) that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan said that Palau emphasized that the search in this case was carried out in accordance with the law.Differential treatment of Taiwanese women or people in specific areas.
The Embassy in Palau also emphasized to the Palau government that border law enforcement should also take into account the rights and interests of international passengers, and properly explain to the parties when performing security inspections to avoid derivative misunderstandings.According to reports, Palau has responded in good faith that it will continue to optimize related procedures in the future.
