Looting of war wreck in Java Sea was reported earlier.
It happens again and not only in the Java Sea:
Quite reprehensible. Desecration. Even merchant ships, Titanic, Lusitania, Gustloff- in addition to the Naval vessels should be treated as memorial grave sites- not to be disturbed in any way shape or form… Use Sonar, any technology available- but hands off…
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Scumbags
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I was on a ship which found a WWII wreck off of the East Coast. I remember being asked to keep mum about it because the wreck was a gravesite. Even though it was technically enemy at the time, this was taken very seriously while the government to which it belonged was notified of the find. There are living relatives of the casualties of many of these wrecks and when you desecrate them you are disturbing a graveyard.
Once the formal announcement was made, it hit the news, and became a dive destination but from what I gather if you steal artifacts that could come with jail time.
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the chinese couldnt give a sh1t, their history is about killing people and pretending it never happened along with the local poorly or not paid at all officials looking to feed the families…
There has been photos of the salvage vessels working and …
nothing happened no surprise.
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Sorry to revive an old thread, but new development justify the action:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-searches-chinese-ship-suspected-looting-wwii-wrecks-3524811
From New Straits Times:
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From NST today:
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Will it all go quiet now, I guess that depends on how well connected the plunderers are…
How much they wil pay those who need to be paid.
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I heard the Malaysian companies are shell companies owned by Chinese and even when they seize a vessel a few dollars allows then to disappear over night. Has happened over and over again.
Show me a museum that is not filled with the plunder of looted graves.
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yep all gone quiet, a few dollars paid and the salvage barges have probably gone back to China
She is not too far away. (You could reach her in a few hours, if the wind is right):
BTW she was in Singapore a month ago (12.Aug. 2023)
Vessel specs:
PS> Don’t know if there are any opening on this one, but lots of job offers on other vessels can be found on this website. (Any nationality)
Good catch the barge is still there
https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/leaders/2023/06/924562/nst-leader-plunder-plot-thickens
key part of the scam, was also in Malaysia 8 years ago
" This twin puzzle is for the Marine Department to answer and, by the looks of it, it is not doing a good job of it. MV Chuan Hong 68 was “permitted”, not once but twice last year, through what the trade calls notices to mariners (NtM). An NtM is a notice issued by the Marine Department to alert mariners to keep clear of the area for safety reasons, and in these instances to steer clear of salvation operations.
But as mystery would have it, the NtMs are gone just as mysteriously as they appeared. Also expunged from the Marine Department’s website, and possibly from record, is the latest “permit” that purportedly allowed the MV Chuan Hong 68 to conduct salvage operations in Kuantan waters where the alleged plundering of the British shipwrecks is said to have taken place."
A Malaysian person was also nabbed on board and not in the crew list but the owner of a Malaysian shipping company with a registered office in a cheap house.
Vessel also wanted by Indonesian authorities but they cant find it…lol
The Chinese are after pre-nuke steel
It fetches a very good price, the Chinese military use it in instrumentation and other “stuff”.
Corruption means that no SEA country will bust them.
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Not only the Chinese and not only for military purposes.
The other “stuff” you mention may be things like medical equipment and even the Geiger counters used to check for radiation contamination all over the world?:
Since the Chines make a lot of that “stuff”, China is also the largest market for low radiation steel and other metals.
Yes corruption is rampant in many countries, not only in S.E.Asia, unfortunately.
Well you know about the" Bumi requirement" to get just about any kind of permits, or register a company in Malaysia, so that there were a Malaysian involved is no surprise.
That the person was actually onboard IS a surprise, though. Normally they only show up to sign the application and the annual account (As well as receiving “a small token of appreciation for services rendered”)
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lol. I forgot about the bumi thing, must have a Malaysian involved in all corruption as they are trying to keep a monopoly on it.
It’s only a rort if your not in on it.
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