Beijing Allows Ship Probe
The Wall Street Journal|December 20, 2024
The Chinese government after weeks of secret talks allowed European investigators accompanied by Chinese officials to board the ship suspected of sabotaging two key data cables in the Baltic Sea, said European law-enforcement officers and diplomats.
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Beijing Allows Ship Probe

The Yi Peng 3 has been surrounded by coast-guard vessels and North Atlantic Treaty Organization warships since the end of November.

Investigators from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and China on Thursday boarded the 740-foot-long, 105-feet-wide vessel, which is loaded with Russian fertilizer and has been anchored in the Kattegat Strait for a month.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that once the probe is completed, the ship would be allowed to continue its journey.

This story is from the December 20, 2024 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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