So what did Ma Ying-Jeou say?

Background see e.g., "Despite his clarification and similar statements by other officials, some commentators insisted that the AP report showed Ma's intention to start political negotiations with Beijing if he wins re-election." - Focus Taiwan

The full excerpt is now published (or here). This is what Ma actually said,

• AP: So, do I understand you correctly that, if economic issues are
  resolved during your second term, during that term, you might move on
  to political questions?
  [00:32:17]
  President Ma: As I said, it depends on how fast we move, whether these
  issues are satisfactorily resolved, and of course all the policies regarding
  the mainland are very sensitive, and we certainly will also make decisions
  on generally whether the decision receives popular support. So usually
  when we lay out our general policy, we will say that: first of all, it has to
  be something needed by the country; secondly, it has to be supported by
  the people; and thirdly, that it will be supervised by the national
  parliament to make sure that this is a policy basically meeting the needs
  of the people.

This is what AP reported

• In between the poles of union and separation, Ma said his government is prepared to discuss political agreements, including security issues, as soon as the priority economic issues are dealt with. He suggested that those political talks could start as early as a second four-year term if he wins re-election in 2012.
• "We are not intentionally delaying the talks on political issues. Certainly the economic ones are more important to people here. People also support the idea (of) economy first, politics later," said Ma. Asked if he would move to political talks in a second term once economic issues are dealt with, Ma said "it depends on how fast we move." Political issues, he said, "will come after all the major economic issues are resolved."

Regarding the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, The AP reporter Hutzler has such a loaded question

• [45:20]
  AP: Now, since you touched on the natural resources, the U.S. has voiced
  some concerns that, you know, there’s the Diaoyutai and then there’s the
  larger issue of the free passage of shipping through the South and East
  China seas and access to natural gas deposits or whatever might be down
  there on the ocean floor. And the U.S. has voiced concerns that the
  mainland is really trying to cut off access to foreign trade in that area,
  which would have, obviously, a poor effect on Taiwan, which really owes
  its existence to free access to those shipping lanes. So, do you share the
  concerns of the United States?
  [45:53]
  President Ma: Certainly. I think most of the waters in the South China
  Sea should be open waters, the so-called high seas according to the Law
  of the Sea. And they’re open to international traffic for sure. Actually, as I
  said, countries started to occupy and garrison those islands a long time
  ago. So this is not a very new issue. We sent our troops, our Marine Corps,
  to station on those islands as early as 1956. Just 10 years ago, we changed
  that with Coast Guard instead of the Marines. I served in our Navy more
  than 30 years ago, and my unit had the responsibility to supply all these
  islands. So I understand this issue well.
  AP: So is China trying to interfere with the open water policy?
  [46:52]
  President Ma: No. So far no. And I don’t think mainland China would do
  that. You know, when they are becoming a power in the region, they also
  become more careful about those issues. Certainly, it wants to maintain
  its sphere of influence but I don’t believe that will reach the level of
  interfering with international traffic.
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  [47:15]
  AP: They often raise objections to the passage of U.S. military ships
  through the South China Sea and they have, at times, taken measures to
  block those ships from passing through. The argument that some people
  in the mainland make is that free passage does not extend to military
  vessels, that that can be considered to be preparing the battlefield for the
  future. Does your government believe that these types of military
  surveillance activities are normal and should be allowed?
  President Ma: Well, certainly all the activities on the oceans, particularly
  in international waters, are regulated by the United Nations Convention
  on the Law of the Sea of 1982, which came into effect in 1994. It’s very
  important to note that there are rules of conduct. For instance, a warship
  is not supposed to sail through the territorial waters of other countries, but
  if the waters are too narrow in an international strait, then they certainly
  have to do certain things to make sure that it’s an innocent passage. There
  are rules. I think that each country should follow the rules.

No, Mr Hutzler , China did not object to free passage of international ships in the seas in question, not even US gunboats. China objects to US spy ships snooping some 20 miles by its mainland and main islands only, so far. This is what China's MoFA said regarding the "spy ship harassment" incident

• "China has lodged a solemn representation to the United States as the USNS Impeccable conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a regular news briefing. 
• "We demand that the United States put an immediate stop to related activities and take effective measures to prevent similar acts from happening," Ma said.

Passage is not, and has never been, China's complaint. Especially, if it is passing in the open sea far away from its naval bases.China complained about the "activities", not the "passage".

Mr Hutzler, you need to do your homework before an interview, and you need to go back to school to study how to write a report.