  Yilan County Pingtan County Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident (Taiwan) | |
| Native name | 閩平漁5540號事件 |
|---|---|
| English name | Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident |
| Date | July 21–22, 1990 |
| Location | Aodi, Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China |
| Coordinates | |
| Cause | Taiwan Garrison Command forced the illegal immigrants into sealed holds of the boat for repatriation. |
| Participants | 76 Fujian residents being repatriated, Taiwan Garrison Command |
| Deaths | 25 |
The Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident (simplified Chinese: 闽平渔5540号事件; traditional Chinese: 閩平漁5540號事件) was a tragedy that occurred on July 21–22, 1990, when the Taiwan Garrison Command (TGC) forced 76 mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a boat, causing 25 of them to die by suffocation in repatriating them from Taiwan to Fujian. 23 days after the incident, another mainland Chinese fishing boat, Min Ping Yu No. 5202, was hit by a Taiwanese naval destroyer escort in its repatriation operation, killing 21 of the 50 illegal immigrants on board.
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