In early February of this year, Minister of Justice Ma Ying-jeou went on a low-key trip to Thailand to visit the poppy-growing area of the "Golden Triangle." This trip to see the source of the drug trade first-hand was highly praised in the media and made Ma a "modern Lin Zexu" (named after a Qing dynasty official famed for his opposition to opium).
今年二月初，法務部長馬英九輕車簡從，悄然赴泰，親訪泰國金三角罌粟區，「現代林則徐」直探毒品根由的做法受到媒體交相讚譽。