Taiwan undersea cable cuts linked to Chinese vesselsWhether cables were intentionally sabotaged is still unknown
By Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2023/02/17
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese fishing vessels were linked to two incidents where undersea cables linking Taiwan and its outlying Matsu Islands were severed earlier this month, a preliminary investigation has found.
One of the cables cut on Feb. 2 was due to a Chinese fishing boat and the other damaged on Feb. 8 was linked to a cargo ship of Chinese origin, said Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗), the deputy head of Taiwan’s National Communications Commission, on Friday (Feb. 17).
The findings were reported by Chunghwa Telecom, a major telecommunications firm in Taiwan that operates the country’s subsea cables, using an automatic identification system. It has filed the incidents with the Coast Guard Administration, per CNA.
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4812970
