The Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 has set sail for Egypt after an investigation into its role in severing two underwater communication cables in the Baltic Sea. The departure comes despite concerns from Sweden over the thoroughness of the investigation.
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00:00A Chinese bulk freighter suspected of severing two European undersea communications cables
00:06will continue its journey, the country's foreign ministry says,
00:09that's despite concerns by Sweden of an incomplete investigation.
00:13The Yipeng-3 was tracked sailing over the fiber-optic cables in Swedish territorial
00:32waters at a time they were cut in mid-November. The ship had left a Russian port two days before
00:38the incident. European officials suspected of an act of sabotage, but authorities from Sweden,
00:44Germany and Finland were only invited aboard to act as observers of a Chinese-led investigation.
00:50Sweden's request that their prosecutors be allowed to investigate was refused,
00:55and the Chinese vessel is now resuming its trip to Egypt.