At the legislative session, the Ministry of Interior is being questioned on how the government will compensate the family members of the deceased tourists around the Suhua Highway. The government is currently discussing whether the Chinese travelers will receive the same kind of compensation as Taiwanese citizens. What we do know so far, is that the mainlanders will get compensation from the travel insurance agencies.

21 people traveling with Harula Tour Travel Service and tour leader of Hong Tai Tour Agency Tian Yuan are still reported missing.

Family members of them can't wait any longer and have been arranged by

Travel Agent Association of Taiwan to arrive in Taiwan at 9 o'clock in the evening, with a press release that they wish to see their family members, dead or alive.

However, so far, only separate body parts have been found.

Minister of the Interior Chiang Yi-hua says that, 1 million NTD in compensation will be given to family of a deceased victim, following the practice in Typhoon Morakot.

While Chinese tourists are excluded from the compensation program, family of a deceased victim would get 5 million NTD according to the travel insurance policy.

When asked whether state compensation can be applied in the accident, both Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Transportation and Communications believe the accident is a natural disaster and all citizens are en

But for Mainland Chinese tourists, there hasn't been a case of such nature in the past. Therefore more discussion is needed.

In fact, there hasn't been a state compensation case for accidents happened on the Suhua Highway.

But Typhoon Megi caused a serious disaster.

Inter-departmental discussions have begun to focus on the following subsidy programs.