Sweden investigates involvement of Chinese ship in sabotage in the Baltic Sea

Swedish prosecutors are investigating the possible involvement of a Chinese ship in the damage to cables in the Baltic Sea.

Swedish investigators are investigating the possible involvement of a Chinese dry cargo ship that sailed in the area the day before, as part of an investigation into the incident with damage to communications cables, Ukrinform reports.

According to investigators, the Chinese ship “Yi Peng” 3 left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on November 15 and was heading to Port Said in Egypt. The ship was passing near the underwater cables that connect Sweden with Lithuania and Germany with Finland around the time the damage was discovered.

Swedish authorities are currently investigating what role the Yi Peng 3 may have played in the incident. The Swedish government has refrained from commenting on the ship’s connection to the damage.

The Yi Peng 3 is owned by Ningbo Yipeng Shipping, which is based in the port city of Ningbo and owns only this one ship. A company representative told the Financial Times that the government had asked them to cooperate with the investigation, but declined to comment on the details.

The day before, USM wrote that the captain of a Chinese vessel suspected of damaging underwater cables turned out to be a Russian.