2mo ago

China lets Sweden, Finland, Germany and Denmark board ship in cable breach case

www.reuters.com /world/europe/swedish-police-go-board-yi-peng-3-vessel-invitation-china-2024-12-19/

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This title almost sounds like a setup for a joke or something.
- Where's the Mexican, the American and the French guy? "Diosico Diosico que caiga diosico! Y que cae de osico." That's the Mexican punchline. Give me a like if you know the joke!
  
  I translated that, but it's doesn't get the joke across:
  God-God God let God fall! And that falls from the bear.
  The French are best poop, but the American one is lost on me

Considering the cable was likely cut by just dragging the anchor over the seafloor, there's not much to find. It's perfectly plausible that the crew consists of a bunch of idiots.
No matter what the truth actually is, it's impossible to prove.
- Considering the cable was likely cut by just dragging the anchor over the seafloor, there's not much to find. It's perfectly plausible that the crew consists of a bunch of idiots.
  It isn't even a proper investigation as I read it. There were Chinese officials supervising the activities. Though I wonder what they could find, after the crew had ample time to get prepared, and to get rid of whatever evidence they might have had.
  But they did drag the anchor for 100 miles (link WSJ). Dragging an anchor for 100 miles would've been very noticeable for any crewmember, experts say.
  
  Sure, but can you prove that they were not just incompetent?
  You can blame the captain personally for negligence, sure, but unless he has instructions from an intelligence agency open on his desk, you can't prove anything political.
- Considering the cable was likely cut by just dragging the anchor over the seafloor, there's not much to find.
  Dropping an anchor isn't done accidentally. There's a pretty high risk for things to go wrong. Your assertion just doesn't make sense. It isn't "perfectly plausible" to drop anchor accidentally, nor is it to drag it for ages.
- Criminal negligence has entered the chat
- They wouldn't let them aboard if any evidence was present

similar to Baltic pipeline incident, nothing will happen.
China: "oops my bad.. anyway"

"Let them board"? The ship is high on the suspects list for serious sabotage claims and has been stopped by the local military. Why can't they just search it, maybe with something signed by a judge?
- Because of admiralty law.
  
  I would expect that the laws regarding damages and liability would cover that. Which are part of the admirality law.

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