{"id":1938777,"date":"2023-05-26T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-caught-red-handed-stripping-allied-wwii-grave-for-scrap\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:43:02","slug":"chinese-caught-red-handed-stripping-allied-wwii-grave-for-scrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-caught-red-handed-stripping-allied-wwii-grave-for-scrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese caught stealing WWII grave for scrap."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-caught-red-handed-stripping-allied-wwii-grave-for-scrap%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1938777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chinese Salvage Ship Caught Looting British WWII Shipwrecks<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Chinese salvage ship has been caught looting British World War II shipwrecks near the Malaysian coast.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The vessel, a dredger named Chuan Hong 68, was seen lurking near the shipwrecks of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and cruiser HMS Repulse, according to the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12114769\/Grave-robber-Chinese-salvage-ship-caught-looting-British-WW2-battleship-burial-sites-steel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Imperial Japanese forces destroyed both ships in December 1941, resulting in the loss of 842 British sailors \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judiciary-committee-splits-on-controversial-justice-department-nominee\/\" title=\"Judiciary Committee Splits on Controversial Justice Department Nominee\">significant setback<\/a> for the Royal Navy in the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>The sites of the shipwrecks are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-caught-red-handed-stripping-allied-wwii-grave-for-scrap\/\" title=\"Chinese caught stealing WWII grave for scrap.\">officially designated war graves<\/a>, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmrn.org.uk\/news\/statement-hms-prince-wales-and-hms-repulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the Royal Navy National Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Chuan Hong 68\u2019s activities were first noticed by Malaysian media and \u201copen-source intelligence analysts\u201d last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/innovation\/military\/chinese-salvage-ship-caught-redhanded-looting-battleship-wrecks\/news-story\/169b13b741a4842edaaad2727e90d37d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.com.au<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Illegal Salvaging<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chuan Hong 68 was using a large dredging crane to lift metal scraps from the shipwrecks.<\/li>\n<li>HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were built with high-quality steel, according to reports. As such, the wrecks are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-opium-production-skyrockets-under-taliban\/\" title=\"Afghan Opium Production Skyrockets Under Taliban\">lucrative source<\/a> of scraps that can be smelted and reused.<\/li>\n<li>Police discovered live ammunition, British anti-aircraft cannons, an anchor and pieces of a ship\u2019s hull at a jetty in Malaysia.<\/li>\n<li>Chuan Hong 68\u2019s crew has a reputation for being a group of \u201cillegal scavengers,\u201d the Mail reported.<\/li>\n<li>The crew reportedly consists of well-paid Chinese, Nepalese, Malaysian and Bangladeshi nationals.<\/li>\n<li>Chuan Hong 68 has engaged in illegal scavenging of World War II <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-groundbreaking-scan-records-titanic-wreck-incredible-detail-including-small-inscription-propeller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shipwrecks<\/a> off the coasts of Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam and is wanted by authorities in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adm. Lord Alan West, former head of the Royal Navy, called the scavenging operation an \u201cabsolute disgrace,\u201d according to the Mail.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese are burial sites with all the bodies still there. These Chinese wreckers or scrap metal men don\u2019t give a damn about this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a loathsome thing to do. It\u2019s very distressing for the families and next of kin of those sailors killed on HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Western Journal reports that Chuan Hong 68 has been caught red-handed stripping Allied WWII graves for scrap. This is a despicable act that shows no respect for the brave soldiers who lost their lives in service to their country. It is important that authorities take action to stop this illegal salvaging and protect these war graves from further desecration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese salvage ship, Chuan Hong 68, has been caught looting British World War II shipwrecks near the Malaysian coast. The Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and cruiser HMS Repulse were destroyed by Imperial Japanese forces. The dredger was seen lurking near the shipwrecks, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":1938778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[7230,3656,4117,10440,4120,12223],"class_list":["post-1938777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-grave","tag-caught","tag-chinese","tag-scrap","tag-stealing","tag-wwii"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}