Skipper charged over S’pore army vehicles
HONG KONG: Hong Kong yesterday charged a ship’s captain over the transport of nine Singapore armoured troop carriers without a proper licence, which embroiled the two cities and China in a diplomatic dispute. The vehicles were detained in Hong Kong in November as they returned to Singapore after conducting military exercises in Taiwan. The captain of the transport ship, identified as Pan Xuejun, was charged at the West Kowloon Magistrates Court with “importing strategic commodities not under and in accordance with a licence”.