The ship was detained over the weekend for anchoring in Malaysian waters without permission. ![]() The agency said it had later found cannon shells believed to be from the war on a bulk carrier ship registered in Fuzhou, China, and carrying 32, mainly Chinese, crew. Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) began the case after fishermen and divers reported suspicious activities by a foreign vessel off the eastern coast of the south-east Asian nation, near the site of the wrecks. The pre-war steel in the wrecks is much sought-after, as it is not contaminated with traces of nuclear fallout from the manufacturing process, which uses atmospheric gas. The ships were sunk by Japanese long-range torpedo bombers in the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, resulting in the loss of 842 lives. ![]() ![]() Malaysian authorities have opened an investigation into a Chinese-registered ship they say was likely behind the ransacking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales in the South China Sea. A Chinese ship has been been detained on suspicion of looting two British Second World War wrecks containing precious uncontaminated steel.
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