Taiwan coast guard detains Chinese-run ship for undersea cable cut
Taiwan’s coastguard detained a Togo-registered freighter and its Chinese crew on Tuesday over suspicions it was involved in cutting a key undersea telecommunications cable.
Taiwanese cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee Hui-chih told dpa the matter was being investigated to determine whether deliberate sabotage was involved.
The state-owned Central News Agency reported that the Ministry of Digital Affairs had instructed Chunghwa Telecom to divert telecom traffic to other undersea cables.
This was to ensure normal connections between the main island of Taiwan and the islands of Penghu County and Kinmen.
Taiwan has had an independent government since 1949, but China considers the democratic island part of its territory.
(dpa/NAN)
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