Chinese ship detained in Malaysia over suspected looting of WWII British shipwrecks.
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Malaysian authorities have detained a Chinese-flagged cargo ship amid reports of the salvaging of World War II shipwrecks in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone. The area is the site of the wrecks of two British warships, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and cruiser HMS Repulse, sunk in an attack by Japanese warplanes on December 10, 1941. The wrecks are classified as war graves under British law. Reports of the alleged salvaging of the wrecks brought condemnation in Britain.
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