This photo taken and broadcast on February 25, 2025 by the Taiwanese coast guard shows the ship “Hongtai”, immobilized at Pescadores. AFP Taiwanese coast guards said that they had intercepted a Chinese crew ship on Tuesday 25 February after a telecommunications submarine cable was cut off off the island. The Hongtai, beating Togolese pavilion, was “escorted” to Taiwan and the case “treated in accordance with national security rules,” the coast guards said in a statement. Taiwanese company Chunghwa Telecom announced earlier on Tuesday that a cable had been damaged between the Pescadores Islands, an archipelago of the Taiwan Strait, and the main island of Taiwan, said the Ministry of Digital Affairs. “The question of whether the breaking of the underwater cable is due to intentional sabotage or a simple accident will be determined during the investigation,” said the coast guard. Possible intrusion into the “gray zone” The crew of the ship, under the complacency pavilion, was made up of eight Chinese sailors and benefited from Chinese funding, the same source said. “It is not excluded that it is an intrusion by China into the gray area,” said the coastlines, referring to destabilization actions which do not constitute an act of war. “Coast guards will cooperate with prosecutors as part of the investigation,” they added. Beijing considers the island, ruled separately since 1949, as part of its territory and has never given up using force to regain control. In recent years, China has increased its military pressure and deployed almost daily combat aircraft and warships around the island. Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers in disputed waters, the Chinese coast guards test Taiwan and worry his fishermen read later the world with AFP reuse this content
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