Japan arrests Chinese fishing boat skipper over coral-poaching

The Japan Coast Guard said it arrested a Chinese fishing boat captain Monday on suspicion of poaching coral after a high seas chase in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

The fishing vessel Zheling Yuyun 622 fled after ignoring an order by a patrol ship to stop near one of the Ogasawara Islands about 1,000 km south of Tokyo, Coast Guard officials said.

After a 12-km , 85-minute “zigzag” chase, Coast Guard personnel boarded the fishing boat and arrested its 31-year-old captain, who was identified as Zeng Yong.

The ship’s dozen-member crew is suspected of poaching coral, after about 100 Chinese boats were seen the area Sunday, the Coast Guard said.

Zeng was held on charges of attempting to refuse an on-board inspection. If convicted, he could be imprisoned for up to six months or fined up to ¥300,000.

According to media reports, there has been an increase in the number of Chinese fishing boats suspected of hunting red coral — highly prized in China as jewelry — since last month near the Ogasawara chain.

Zeng is the fourth Chinese fishing boat captain arrested near the islands this month, a Coast Guard official in Yokohama said.

“We are in the process of investigating whether the captain was catching (coral) or not,” he added.

The Coast Guard tends to chase off Chinese crews hunting coral in the area and such incidents rarely cause major friction between Tokyo and Beijing, although the countries are at loggerheads over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

Earlier this month, South Korean patrol vessels shot and killed the Chinese skipper of a fishing boat in a confrontation in the Yellow Sea, triggering an angry protest from Beijing.


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