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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Sweden says China denied request for prosecutors to board ship linked to severed cables

The Yi Peng 3
According to ship-tracking sites, the Yi Peng 3 sailed over the cables around the time they were cut in November. Photograph: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

Sweden has accused China of denying a request for Swedish prosecutors to board a Chinese ship that has been linked to the cutting of two undersea cables in the Baltic despite Beijing pledging “cooperation” with regional authorities.

The Yi Peng 3 left the waters it had been anchored in since last month on Saturday – despite an ongoing investigation.

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