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'Taiwan's coast guard has detained a China-linked cargo ship after a nearby
undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was
disconnected.
The coast guard said it dispatched three vessels to detain the Chinese-crewed
Hong Tai 58, which is registered in Togo, after it received an alert that the
Taiwan-Penghu Third Undersea Cable had been severed.
Crews boarded the cargo ship after it was found anchored and stranded around
the time the cable was disconnected.
It is suspected the ship towed the submarine cable but an investigation is
ongoing.
The case was being handled with the highest national security level, the coast
guard said, and was under the command of the Tainan District Prosecutor's
Office for investigation.
Communications between Taiwan and other offshore islands, including Penghu,
were not affected after services were redirected to other cables, the digital
ministry said.
Taipei was alarmed after a Chinese-linked ship was suspected of damaging
another cable earlier this year, prompting the navy and other agencies to step
up efforts to protect undersea communication links.
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has repeatedly complained
about "grey zone" Chinese activities around the island that are designed to
pressure it without direct confrontation.'
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
