ENVIRONMENTAL group Sea Shepherd has filed a suit against the crew of Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru alleging piracy and attempted manslaughter after they clashed in the Antarctic Ocean in February, their lawyers say.
“We hereby lodge a suit for piracy, violence and destruction and attempted manslaughter on February 20 and 25 by Captain Tomoyuki Ogawa and the rest of the crew,” lawyers Liesbeth Zegveld and Tomasz Kodrzycki said in court documents obtained by AFP.
The suit was filed in a Netherlands court because the ships concerned, the Steve Irwin and Bob Barker, are Dutch-flagged.
“On February 20 and 25, the Sea Shepherd boats were able to prevent an illegal refuelling operation by Nisshin Maru,” the lawyers said in a statement on Thursday.
“The Nisshin Maru’s captain then attacked these boats by repeatedly ramming them, by using water canon to flood the engine room and sabotage the engines and by throwing explosives,” they said.
Full story at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/whalers-nisshin-maru-sued-over-high-seas-run-in-with-sea-shepherd-vessel-bob-barker/story-e6frg6so-1226603192225
