Ex-president: tribunal ruling violates common sense

Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), who had made ceaseless efforts to highlight Taiwan's sovereignty over Taiping Island, said Tuesday he was shocked and infuriated by the Permanent Court of Arbitration's "absurd and unfair" ruling on the island's status as a rock.

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