Family of missing fishing boat captain appeal to President Tsai for help 01/07/2021 04:51 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Family members of a missing Taiwanese fishing boat captain at a press conference on Thursday / CNA photo Jan. 7, 2021 Taipei, Jan. 7 (CNA) The family of a Taiwanese fishing boat captain who went missing along with nine crew members off Midway Atoll last week urged President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday to request that the American authorities step up search-and-rescue efforts in the vicinity of the remote U.S. territory. During a press conference at the Su'ao Fishermen's Association, the wife of the missing captain, who has been identified by the surname Li (李), accused the U.S. of adopting a "passive approach" to locating her husband and the ship's Indonesian crew members, and urged Tsai to seek assistance through diplomatic channels.