Observer role for Police on Chinese vessel
The Swedish Police will assume an observer role on Thursday aboard the Chinese-flagged vessel Yi Peng 3, which is currently located in the Kattegatt.
Representatives of the Chinese authorities are conducting investigations aboard the vessel and have invited the Swedish authorities to take part in an observer role. The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority will also take part.
No investigate measures will be taken by the Swedish Police Authority aboard the vessel. The Danish authorities are facilitating the visit.
The Swedish Police Authority has launched an investigation into two severed cables in the Baltic Sea. The investigation began in November and the police authorities in Finland, Sweden and Lithuania established a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the cause of the damage to the cables.
The investigation is being led by Leading Senior Public Prosecutor Henrik Söderman at the National Unit Against Organised Crime.
The investigations taking place on the vessel on Thursday are not part of the police investigation.