Sweden Says China Denied Request For Prosecutors To Board Ship Linked To Severed Cables (theguardian.com)
- Reference: 0175742121
- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/23/2055237/sweden-says-china-denied-request-for-prosecutors-to-board-ship-linked-to-severed-cables
- Source link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/china-refused-investigation-into-ship-linked-to-severed-baltic-cables-says-sweden
> The Yi Peng 3 left the waters it had been anchored in since last month on Saturday -- despite an ongoing investigation. The ship was tracked sailing over the two fibre-optic cables, one between Sweden and Lithuania, and the other linking Helsinki and Germany, at around the time that they were cut on 17 and 18 November in Swedish territorial waters close to the Swedish islands of Gotland and Oland.
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> For more than a month afterwards it was anchored in the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark where it was being observed by multiple countries and was boarded by Swedish police and other authorities last week. The ship tracking site VesselFinder showed the Yi Peng 3 heading north out of the strait on Saturday and on Monday China confirmed the ship had left in order to "ensure the physical and mental wellbeing of the crew." The Swedish foreign minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard, said on Monday that China had not cooperated with Sweden's request to allow Swedish prosecutors onboard.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/china-refused-investigation-into-ship-linked-to-severed-baltic-cables-says-sweden
[2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/23/1953221/sabotage-or-accident-american-and-european-officials-disagree-on-what-caused-cuts-to-two-undersea-cables
Fry says.... (Score:2)
I'm shocked, SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.
Ship was - was not boarded ? (Score:2)
“Sweden has accused China of denying a request for Swedish prosecutors to board a Chinese ship”
“The Yi Peng 3 .. was boarded by Swedish police and other authorities last week.”
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As I understand things, the ship was boarded by a variety of authorities from various countries. But the Chinese government would only let Swedish police board the ship, not Swedish prosecutors. The Chinese may have let other Swedish authorities board the ship, but if so those authorities have no crime-fighting function.
Although I live in Sweden, I have no particular interest in this matter, and have not read any more about it than the headlines in newspapers. I may therefore be wrong.
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> would only let Swedish police board the ship,
> ... those authorities have no crime-fighting function.
I guess there's a lot I don't understand about Swedish police. In the USA, police definitely have a crime fighting function. Second only to their doughnut eating function.
A cargo ship, not a Navy vessel (Score:2)
This was a bulk carrier: [1]https://www.vesselfinder.com/v... [vesselfinder.com] Why a cargo ship cut cables is anyone's guess. Dragging something?
[1] https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9224984
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It is a known incompetence for ships to not pull up their anchor properly, dragging it potentially hundreds of miles.
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Wasting thousands of dollars in fuel, while wondering why the ship is going so slow?
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> Dragging something?
An anchor, yes.
Who knows. I don't. You don't. And we never will. It's Chinese. They don't take responsibility for things. Not that anyone else is all that eager to take responsibility either.
And why should they? We're the fools that spread our legs for the Chinese. That's not changing anytime soon. Certainly not for a couple damaged cables to a couple powerless little Europeans nations. So fuck it. Enjoy your brave new world.
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> It's Chinese. They don't take responsibility for things.
Just lucky it was cables and not a pedestrian. Or the ship would have backed up and taken another run at them.
Guilty (Score:2)
They fled the scene, so find them guilty and send China the bill now, so they can start ignoring it immediately. Case closed, move along, nothing to see here.
ah yes (Score:3)
the old "China doesn't have to accede to anyone's rules. bullies never change.
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> Ah yes, like the Hague Invasion Act? Or does that fall under the "It's OK when WE do it!" doctrine?
Given you apparently believe that is an apt comparison - you're stating that the ship's crew were Chinese military personnel acting under orders from the Chinese government?
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Probably no and yes.
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The rules are that it's international waters. There's an argument to be made that UNCLOS 101(a)(ii) applies, but actually boarding and arresting them ... that requires a little creative interpretation of international "law", too creative for pussies.
China follows the rule of common sense. Swedes won't do shit, just sail home.