Chinese boat seized near Japan
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December 21, 2011, Wednesday
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JAPAN'S coast guard has arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat for allegedly operating illegally in territorial waters, it said yesterday.
News of the arrest comes as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is scheduled to visit Beijing for a bilateral summit on December 25 and 26.
"We have been informed by the Japanese side on the relevant situation," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a daily news briefing in Beijing yesterday. "We are now investigating the situation."
Liu called it an "ordinary" case and added: "China hopes that Japanese side will protect the legitimate rights of the Chinese captain and handle this matter appropriately."
Japan's coast guard said that early yesterday it seized the 130-ton Chinese boat about 87 kilometers from an island off the Nagasaki Prefecture in southern Japan, and arrested the 39-year-old captain Zhong Jinyin.
The boat, with the captain and 10 sailors on board, tried to flee when it was found operating near the island on Monday night, ignoring a Japanese patrol boat's order to stop, the coast guard said. There were no reports of any injuries while the boat was being seized.
Li Wenliang, consul general of the Chinese Consulate-General in Nagasaki, told Xinhua news agency that the local coast guard had taken the captain to its office in Nagasaki.
The other 10 crew members are currently staying on the vessel.
He said the consulate-general urged Japanese authorities to ensure the safety of the Chinese fishermen and make sure their legal rights are protected.
Last week, a South Korean coast guard was reportedly stabbed to death by a Chinese fisherman in an operation to apprehend a Chinese vessel operating illegally near South Korean waters.
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