Beijing Denies Knowledge of Its Ship Being Monitored Following Baltic Sea Data Cable Cuts

The Swedish navy has completed its investigation of one damaged sea cable and is now examining a second, with results to be handed over to police.

The Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, in background, is anchored and being monitored by Danish naval vessels in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on Nov. 20, 2024. Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP

Chinese authorities have denied any knowledge of a Chinese vessel being monitored by Swedish and Danish forces in connection to the cutting of undersea data cables in the Baltic Sea.

The Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3’s movements had coincided with the timing of damage to cables between Lithuania and Sweden, as well as between Finland and Germany, Swedish authorities said.