Smuggling and illegal entry by sea has become increasingly frequent, particularly since the lifting of martial law, leaving the navy, which holds the front line, overstretched in both manpower and materials.
尤其解除戒嚴之後，海上偷渡、走私等狀況頻生，使身居第一線的海軍，無論人力和物力都顯捉襟見肘。