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TAIPEI, July 21 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland official on Thursday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the serious tour bus accident on Tuesday in Taiwan.
Liu Kezhi, secretary-general of the Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Straits, made the statement to journalists after a remembrance service for those who died in the accident.
Twenty-six people, 23 tourists and a tour guide from the mainland and two local people -- a driver and a tour guide, were killed when a tour bus crashed into a highway barrier and caught fire near Taoyuan airport on Tuesday
Liu was among a group of four mainland officials to arrive in Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon to assist the families of the victims.
