Taipei, May 18 -- The northern division of the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) announced late on Friday night that they apprehended two Chinese individuals who entered Taiwan unlawfully via a rubber boat that morning, landing at Guanyin Beach in Taoyuan, as reported by Taipei Times.

After apprehending the two, Coast Guard officers confiscated their rubber boat and referred them to prosecutors for further investigation, according to a statement from the branch. The Taoyuan District Prosecutors' Office indicated that the pair consists of a father and son, as reported by Taipei Times.

Prosecutors have requested that the 41-year-old father, who goes by the surname Song, be detained on the grounds of illegal entry into Taiwan. The Taoyuan D...