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Taiwan charges captain of China-linked ship with damaging subsea cable

Taiwan's coastguard prepares to board the Togolese-flagged cargo ship Hong Tai 58, suspected of cutting an undersea communications cable on February 25, 2025 [Taiwanese coastguard via AP]

Taiwanese prosecutors have formally charged the captain of a Chinese-crewed cargo ship that Taipei says severed one of its subsea cables earlier this year.

The Togo-flagged Hong Tai 58 was detained by Taiwan’s coastguard in February near the site of a cable breakdown amid allegations that it had deliberately dropped its anchor to cause damage.

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