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flag Taiwan charges Chinese captain for damaging undersea cables, marking first such prosecution.

flag Taiwanese prosecutors have charged a Chinese ship captain, Wang, with intentionally damaging undersea cables off Taiwan in February. flag The ship, Hong Tai 58, registered in Togo, was detained after suspicions it had dropped anchor near a cable, causing damage. flag Seven other crew members will not be charged and will be sent back to China. flag This is Taiwan's first prosecution for damaging sea cables. flag Taiwan has reported five cable malfunctions this year, up from three in the previous two years, leading to increased protection efforts, including monitoring a "blacklist" of nearly 100 China-linked ships.

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