US EditionIn a first, Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging undersea cables
- Taiwan prosecutors charged Wang, a Chinese ship captain, on April 11 for damaging undersea cables in February.
- Rising tensions with China and a surge in cable malfunctions prompted the charges against the captain.
- The Togo-registered Hong Tai 58, with a Chinese crew, was detained after it allegedly dropped anchor near a cable.
- Prosecutors noted Wang's "bad attitude"; Wang claimed innocence but refused to detail the ship's owner.
- This case marks Taiwan's first prosecution for sea cable damage amid increased monitoring of China-linked ships.
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Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging deep-sea cables in unprecedented move
Taiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.
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