00:00Taiwan's Coast Guard has detained the captain of a Chinese vessel it suspects of damaging an undersea cable.
00:06The suspected ship Hai Hong Kong-66 is a salvaged vessel hired to rescue a stranded Chinese fishing boat.
00:13It allegedly caused partial damage to an undersea cable near Mazu Island on Monday.
00:19Zhonghua Telecom says services have not been disrupted.
00:22Officials have sent the case to the local prosecutor's office.
00:25The incident is part of a larger pattern of Chinese-linked ships attacking subsea cables around Taiwan.
00:32Lawmakers passed a series of laws in December last year to strengthen penalties for sabotaging underwater cables.
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