Taiwan has detained a Chinese-crewed cargo ship after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island. The incident is being handled with national security-level principles as investigators determine whether the breakage was intentional sabotage or an accident.
The ship, Hongtai, was intercepted and escorted back to Taiwan, with its crew of eight Chinese nationals being questioned by prosecutors. The cause of the cable breakage remains unclear, but Taiwan fears it could be a grey zone intrusion by China.