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Chinese boat crew flying home after freed by Japan
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September 13, 2010, Monday
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The 14 Chinese fishermen, on board the trawler which had been kept off Ishigaki harbor in Okinawa since Tuesday's collision, are flying home this morning from the Ishigaki airport on a flight of Tianjin Airlines, said Xinhua reporter in the field.
The trawler itself will also be taken home today, said sources close to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.
Japanese authorities yesterday morning towed the Chinese trawler into the sea near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture to reenact the vessel's collision Tuesday with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol vessels off the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
China is firmly opposed to any kind of investigation by Japanese authorities of the illegally-detained Chinese fishing trawler, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu said yesterday.
In a written statement, Jiang said Japan's so-called evidence- taking activities are illegal, invalid and conducted in vain.
China demands Japan stop activities that will lead to an escalation of the situation, Jiang said.
Japan's Coast Guard arrested the Chinese captain of the trawler for allegedly "obstructing public duties" early Wednesday despite China's protest.
Zhan Qixiong, the trawler's 41-year-old captain, was taken to a local police station on Ishigaki Island after a local court Friday granted prosecutors' request for his detention. Zhan's 10-day detention is scheduled to end on September 19.
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo urged Japan yesterday morning to make a "wise political resolution" and immediately release the Chinese fishermen and their vessel.
The trawler itself will also be taken home today, said sources close to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.
Japanese authorities yesterday morning towed the Chinese trawler into the sea near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture to reenact the vessel's collision Tuesday with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol vessels off the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
China is firmly opposed to any kind of investigation by Japanese authorities of the illegally-detained Chinese fishing trawler, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu said yesterday.
In a written statement, Jiang said Japan's so-called evidence- taking activities are illegal, invalid and conducted in vain.
China demands Japan stop activities that will lead to an escalation of the situation, Jiang said.
Japan's Coast Guard arrested the Chinese captain of the trawler for allegedly "obstructing public duties" early Wednesday despite China's protest.
Zhan Qixiong, the trawler's 41-year-old captain, was taken to a local police station on Ishigaki Island after a local court Friday granted prosecutors' request for his detention. Zhan's 10-day detention is scheduled to end on September 19.
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo urged Japan yesterday morning to make a "wise political resolution" and immediately release the Chinese fishermen and their vessel.
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