President Lee has expressed great concern over these incidents; Premier Hau Pei-tsun has also instructed the Ministry of National Defense to make public as soon as possible all important information relating to the deportation of illegal mainland immigrants over the past few years and to invite the International Red Cross to send an investigatory commission to both sides of the Taiwan Strait, so that the truth about these maritime incidents can be made clear.
李登輝總統對此深為關切；行政院郝柏村院長也已指示國防部，將過去幾年遣返大陸偷渡民眾的情形、重要資料等盡速對外公佈，並邀請國際紅十字會派員分赴海峽兩岸調查，使這兩大海難發生的原因真相大白。