When this news broke, it prompted a public outcry. It was closely followed by the capture on the 27th and the 28th of yet another two batches of illegal female immigrants. The two groups of illegal immigrants, totalling over 40 women, came ashore in eastern Taiwan.
消息傳出，引起社會譁然，緊接著廿七、八日又分別傳來查獲東部海岸偷渡上岸的四十多名大陸女子。