Ex-Army officer held in China since March allowed to return

A former Kinmen-based Army officer rescued by the Chinese Coast Guard in mid-March has been allowed to return home on Aug. 7, and a Taiwanese official hoped Friday for cooperation across the Taiwan Strait in rescue at sea missions.

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