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Taiwan’s coast says it gets a freight owned by Taiwan cut into Subsea Communications Cable on Tuesday in Taijing call.
The coast said it was confined to the ship, adding that while not clear if cable requires intentionally, “it cannot be involved in the work of greyzone harassment”.
The case is the latest in a series of incidents in recent months of subsea wires separated, apparently involved in Chinese or Russian floighters, including the Baltic Sea.
In November, a Chinese bull carrier passed two Baltic sea cables at the time they were cut, while registered gas pipeline and regional cable.
Early last month, another Chinese owned ship Humanized harm A transpacificic
The incident pushed Taipei in Taipei, which was run by anxiety that China, claiming Taiwan As in its territory and threatening it by force if necessary, commercial vessels are available to damage the country.
Beijing is reduced as “Greyzone” operations, with no end war, in recent years, including aerial and naval attacks on its sea coasts and maritime militia .
In reaction to the incidence of cable damage in January, Taiwanese government rotated a blacklist In Chinese-owned vessels saying and cracking the more active in an effort to expose and distract “Shadojing Fleet”.
According to the beaches, the ship was detained on Tuesday, indicating his own Hong Tai 168, sailing under the Togo flag. It has been weakened since Saturday night near Tainan, in southwestern Taiwan, half a nautical mile north of a cable connecting Cenghu Archipelago at Taiwuenese Mainland.
After the ship failed to respond to seven consecutive radio messages requested to leave, shipped to the shore sent a ship and knew the Footer has lowered it.
Reaching to the beach, the flighter turns on. Shortly thereafter, the beaches received notice from Chunghwa Telecom, the state-owned operator, which a cable was damaged.
The vessel appeared to be one of hundreds of old age, suffering shipment sailing flags at ease and kept their identity.
Shipping databases do not list a ship named Hong Tai 168, which is the name shown by Hull on the ship. According to this automatic identification system, it is called Hong Tai 58, the beach said.
Hong Tai 58 is in the shadow of Taiwan Fleet Blacklist, seen during financial times.
However, the unique number allotted by the International Maritime Organization used by Cargo Ship Jinlong 389, owned by Hong Kong Registered Dinlong Spping Co., according to the online Datbase in Hong Kong.
The beach is confirmed that initial checks show the Chinese owned ship.
The owners of Jinlong 389 did not respond to a request for commentary.
ChinaForeign Ministry spokesman in the line ministry on Tuesday said he was not familiar with the incident and was not “related to China diplomacy”.
Taiwan Beastguard was raided and arrested the ship, and brought it and the crew, which was all over the Chinese, back to the port. The case is passed by Taiwan’s prosecutions for investigation.
Wenjie’s further reporting to Beijing
