Officers discovered unexploded cannon shells upon boarding the vessel. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s coast guard said on Tuesday that authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting two British World War II shipwrecks.
First Adm Nurul Hizam said the vessel from the city of Fuzhou had a crew of 32 comprising 21 Chinese nationals, 10 Bangladeshis and one Malaysian, some of whom were in coast guard custody for questioning.China’s foreign affairs ministry said the Chinese embassy in Malaysia was in close communication with local authorities “to understand the situation”.
More than 800 British sailors were killed when the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were torpedoed by Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea. The shells could also be linked to the discovery of unexploded World War II-era ordnance at a jetty in Johor on May 19, the maritime agency said in a statement on Monday.
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