In protest over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguard last week, Taiwan has stopped hiring of Filipino workers and recalled its envoy in Manila.

Philippines has already expressed apology over the death of a 65-year-old fisherman. However, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeuo expressed dissatisfaction and insisted the Philippine government to offer a formal apology and compensation to the family of the fisherman, arrest the killer and launch talks on the fishing industry.

"President Ma expressed his strong dissatisfaction over the Philippines' lack of sufficient sincerity and its shifting attitude," says spokeswoman Lee Chia-fei.

"If the Philippine government cannot satisfy our side's four demands by 6:00 pm (1000 GMT) today, our government will adopt a second wave of sanctions,” Lee added.

According to Taiwan’s Premier Jiang Yi Huah the second wave of sanctions would include suspension of exchanges between high-level officials from the two sides and red travel alert to the Philippines.

Antonio Basilio Philippines’ de facto ambassador meets with Foreign Minister David Lin on May 14 to address apology from the Philippines and expressed deeg regret for what had transpired. However, Basilio has been asked to return to Manila to help properly handle the case.

According to Basillio, the country will send special envoy and Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) chairman Amadeo Perez to express again its “deep regret and apology from the people of the Philippines" to the people of Taiwan and the fisherman's family.

Premier Jiang Yi-huah insisted that the apology must come from the Philippine government and not from the “people of the Philippines” as it was a government’s fault and responsibility.

"Philippine civil servants killed a person and damaged the boat, the Philippine government cannot avoid responsibility," he said.