Malaysia Investigates Chinese Barge Suspected of Looting of British WW2 Wrecks

Malaysia’s maritime agency has said it found a cannon shell believed to be from the second world war on a Chinese-registered vessel and was investigating if the barge carrier was involved in the looting of two British warship wrecks in the South China Sea.

The agency said it detained the vessel registered in Fuzhou, China, on Sunday for anchoring without a permit off southern Johor state, and that an inspection revealed scrap metal and a cannon shell it suspected dated from the second world war. It said there were 32 crew members aboard, including 21 Chinese, 10 from Bangladesh and a Malaysian.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/30/malaysia-investigates-chinese-barge-suspected-of-links-to-looting-of-british-ww2-wrecks

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