Japanese whalers have detained the skipper of the stricken
Ady Gil on board their vessel today, anti-whaling boat Sea
Shepherd captain Paul Watson says.
Pete Bethune boarded the Shonan Maru 2 about 6.30am
(11.30am NZ time) from a jet ski in order to make a citizen's
arrest of the vessel's captain for allegedly ramming and
sinking his ship and the "attempted murder" of the crew on
board during an incident on January 6.
The high-tech speedboat Ady Gil, which had been part
of efforts to harass Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean,
sank following a collision with the Shonan Maru.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society later filed with New
Zealand police a complaint of attempted murder against the
captain of a Japanese whaling vessel.
As well as the citizen's arrest, Mr Bethune was to present a
$3 million bill to the whalers for the cost of replacing the
Ady Gil.
The whalers had acknowledged Mr Bethune was on board, Mr
Watson said.
"Pete presented the skipper with a demand that he turn
himself in to a New Zealand or Australian port in order to
answer to charges of destroying the Ady Gil and the attempted
murder of six Sea Shepherd (Society) crew members.
"Of course we know they're not going to do that, but we have
to press the case. They destroyed our ship without any
repercussions."
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