A Filipino worker who was attacked with a bat by a group of Taiwanese teenagers amid the furor over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel has said the tension has subsided and that relations between Filipinos and Taiwanese have returned to normal.

Jose de Leon,  an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in Taiwan who was ganged up on by the teenagers, said in a radio interview Monday that "everything is back to normal."

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