Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with breaking subsea cables

The captain of a Chinese-crewed ship has been charged in Taiwan with breaking a subsea cable near the island, the first such formal charge following almost a dozen similar incidents in recent years.

Taiwan’s coast guard seized the Togo-flagged Hong Tai 58, a cargo ship, in February following an incident in which the ship broke a telecommunications link by apparently dropping and dragging its anchor.

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