COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Swedish police said on Thursday they had gone on board the Yi Peng 3 vessel off the coast of Denmark at the invitation of Chinese authorities. The Chinese bulk carrier is wanted
Swedish Police Join China in Investigating Yi Peng 3 Vessel
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Swedish police said on Thursday they had gone on board the Yi Peng 3 vessel off the coast of Denmark at the invitation of Chinese authorities.
The Chinese bulk carrier is wanted in Sweden for questioning over a breach of two undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea last month.
The Swedish police said they participated as observers while Chinese authorities conducted investigations.
"In parallel, the preliminary investigation into sabotage in connection with two cable breaks in the Baltic Sea is continuing," the police said in a statement.
Danish authorities are facilitating the visit to the bulk carrier, which is anchored in the Kattegat strait between Denmark and Sweden, police said.
The Baltic Sea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged on Nov. 17-18, prompting German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to say he assumed it was caused by sabotage.
(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)
