Chinese Ship May Have Tried to Sabotage Undersea Cables Before: Report [Video]

What’s New

The Yi Peng 3, the Chinese cargo ship suspected of damaging undersea telecom cables in the Baltic Sea last month, may have attempted to sabotage them 10 days before, reports suggest.

Underwater footage and Danish broadcaster TV2 analyzed underwater footage and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data and found that the vessel performed a suspicious maneuver near the Danish island of Læsø, on November 7.

Newsweek has contacted Læsø’s municipality, the Danish navy, the Chinese embassy in Washington, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via email, for comment.

Why It Matters

The Yi Peng 3 is currently anchored in the Kattegat, surrounded by Danish, Swedish, and German naval vessels, while it is under investigation for the damage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, which disrupted communications between several European countries.

China, whose ship has been accused of deliberately severing the cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed for 100 miles, …