Tokyo: Japan's coastguardon Sunday arrested the
captain of a Chinese fishing boat that allegedly intruded into
Japanese territorial waters, a report said.
The 47-year-old captain was arrested on charges of
violating the fishing operation law in Japan's exclusive
economic zone, Jiji Press said, citing the coastguard.
The coastguard's regional headquarters in the city of
Nagasaki said its patrol ship spotted two Chinese fishing
boats in waters close to the Goto Islands, off Japan's
southwestern coast, the report said.
After the two vessels rejected its order to stop for
on-board inspections, the patrol ship chased one of the two
for nearly four-and-a-half-hours.
PTI
First Published: Monday, November 07, 2011, 00:26