Taiwan investigation of damaged undersea cable stymied by weather

Coast guard says it couldn't board suspected ship crewed by Chinese nationals

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Taiwan Coast Guard members in July 2024. Officials suspect that a ship registered to Cameroon and Tanzania but crewed by Chinese nationals may have damaged an undersea communications cable. © Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Taiwan's coast guard has said that it suspects a ship damaged an undersea communications cable over the weekend, but that bad weather prevented its personnel from boarding the vessel to investigate.

The coast guard had said on Saturday that a ship registered both to Cameroon and Tanzania was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable northeast of the island.

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