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A Chinese offshore supply vessel and its 12 crew members were on Friday detained after they were caught trespassing in Taiwanese waters off Penghu County, the Coast Guard Administration said yesterday.
The ship was the third Chinese vessel the coast guard has detained in Taiwanese waters since China’s summer fishing ban in the South China Sea started on Saturday last week, as well as its first ever seizure of a Chinese supply ship, the coast guard said in a statement.
It spotted the vessel the <i>Shun Xing 666</i> during a patrol on Friday at 6:20pm, about 21 nautical miles (39km)