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By on August 10th, 2009 at 8:20 am

India Detains Suspicious North Korean Ship

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Here is a shock for everyone, a North Korean ship was detained by Indian authorities for behaving suspiciously:

Indian coast guards last Thursday seized a North Korean ship after a six-hour chase and have been investigating since. The MV Musan fled after illegally casting anchor in waters near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Times of India reported Sunday.

This was the first time a foreign country has actually seized a North Korean ship since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1874 in June sanctioning North Korea for a nuclear test in May in defiance of international prohibitions.

The MV Musan’s crew told Indian authorities they been transporting sugar from Thailand to Umm Qasr, Iraq. The coast guard said the ship had cast anchor in Indian waters without permission and failed to respond to signals, stopping only when shots were fired in the air. India accuses the crew of behaving “suspiciously,” including making inaccurate log entries.

The MV Musan had traveled between North Korea and China without making proper log entries and cast anchor at Singapore on June 30 without recording the fact.

The ship is under investigation by a team composed of Indian Army, Navy and intelligence agencies after it was towed to Port Blair on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Reuters reported.

Indian Authorities searched the MV Musan, and confirmed it only carries sugar, but the investigation will continue considering because another North Korean ship had been found to carry missile parts in the past, the Times of India said.  [Chosun Ilbo]

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  • Obakeinu
    2:41 am on August 10th, 2009 1

    One other possibility: the Norks also have a big hand in drug trafficking.

    Maybe the 'real' sugar had already been off-loaded. ;-)

  • USinKorea
    7:36 am on August 10th, 2009 2

    This might be tied to trouble between India and Pakistan – with India taking a stand against things that had gone by quietly before the big terrorist strike in India.

    I think it is regrettable that India could suffer such a day of terror like it did and basically nothing has been done about it by the "international community".

 

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