Consular officials have been in contact with local authorities about the citizen and have reached out to the man’s family, says Global Affairs spokesman
Taiwan 's Central News Agency says a Canadian missing after this week's powerful earthquake on the island's east coast has been found safe, citing information from the Central Emergency Operation Center.Global Affairs spokesman Pierre Cuguen says in a statement that consular officials have been in contact with local authorities about the citizen and have reached out to the man’s family.
Central News Agency, a partially government-funded news agency, cited the Central Emergency Operation Center as saying the Canadian man is now camped near a hotel in Taiwan’s Taroko National Park.The 7.2-magnitude quake has killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000, while 636 remain stranded by rock slides and other earthquake-related events.
The Central News Agency reported that Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said three Canadians were rescued from the quake zone. The earthquake was centred off Hualien County, 150 kilometres south of Taipei, and toppled buildings, triggered rock slides and stopped trains across the island.
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