http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=829701 By Han Nai-kuo Central News Agency 2009-01-05 Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) A failure of the National Immigration Agency's computer system at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport from early Monday caused not only long queues at the pre-departure clearance area, but also a lapse in national security. Interior Minister Liao Liou-yi and National Immigration Agency (NIA) Director-General Hsieh Li-kung arrived at the airport Monday afternoon and stayed for 20 minutes to express concern over the system failure. NIA Deputy Director-General Huang Pi-hsia said that as of 2 p.m. the computer system has been partially repaired, but she added that the whole system might be back to normal Monday evening or by Tuesday at the latest. Because of the computer breakdown, immigration officials had to register the names and other information of departing passengers by hand, causing long queues at each check point, but no outgoing flights were delayed as a result. Huang said she was not sure whether anyone restricted from leaving Taiwan under court orders might have used possible loopholes caused by the malfunctioning computers to slip out of Taiwan. "After the computer system is back to normal, we will find that out by sifting through the passenger information," she said. _______________________________________________ Please help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Mon Jan 05 2009 - 22:33:41 PST
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