The system compares passenger lists to customs data to prevent “99.9 percent of all suspect individuals” from entering the nation, officials said, adding that such people would be prevented from boarding flights bound for Taiwan from participating nations. The US helped greatly to assemble a list of terror suspects, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said. The system helped Taiwan identify a terror suspect from the United Arab Emirates as the suspect attempted to board a flight from Kaohsiung to Shanghai in 2014, officials said, adding that the suspect was repatriated to their home country. On-duty officers would number 5,000, with 2,000 students from the Central Police University and 3,000 students from the Taiwan Police College called in to help. In the event of large-scale protests or a terror attack, the nation has more than 70,000 police officers in reserve.

Source: Taipei Times August 05, 2017 15:56 UTC