Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) The chief of the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) was forced to apologize Tuesday for failures in the agency's handling of the illegal entry of two Chinese nationals after their rubber dinghy was found near Taipei Port by a member of the public. The case came to light publicly through the Threads post that a fisherman found the boat on a beach in Bali District. If the fisherman had not reported it, the Coast Guard would have had no idea it was there," it said. "The suspected smugglers abandoned the boat and disappeared, with no Coast Guard patrol personnel, inspection vehicles or radar systems detecting or alerting authorities to their presence during that time," it said. The CGA said 29 suspected illegal entry cases involving 71 people have been reported since last year, with authorities intercepting 22 cases involving 61 people.