Sweden has sharply criticised China for refusing to allow the Nordic country’s main investigator on board a Chinese vessel suspected of severing two cables in the Baltic Sea. The Yi Peng 3 sailed away from its mooring in international waters between Denmark and Sweden on Saturday,

The Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 has been unanchored. It is suspected of involvement in the breakdown of communication cables in the Baltic Sea, reports SVT. According to the newspaper, Yi Peng 3 was weighed down at about 14:30 on Saturday,

The 75,100-dwt Yi Peng 3 (built 2001), which is listed under the management of China’s Ningbo Yipeng Shipping, was underway from Ust-Luga in Russia to Pakistan or the west coast of India with a cargo of pig iron, the tracking data shows.