Taiwan's coast guard said it detained a China-linked cargo ship on Tuesday after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory,

This is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years in which undersea Taiwanese cables have been damaged — with Taipei in some instances blaming China. Earlier this year, a Chinese cargo ship was suspected of severing a link northeast of the island.

Taiwan’s coast guard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew on Tuesday and said it was investigating whether the vessel had deliberately cut an undersea telecoms cable in the latest possible breach of the island’s communication lines.

Taiwan's coast guard said they had detained a China-linked cargo ship on Tuesday (February 25) on suspicion of Beijing's grey-zone warfare against the island after an undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected.

Taiwan’s coast guard has detained a cargo ship with a Chinese crew after an important undersea telecommunications cable was mysteriously cut. The ship, named Hongtai 58, was flying a Togolese flag but had a crew of eight Chinese nationals.