China on Monday repeated its call for North Korea to free a Chinese fishing boat and crew seized earlier this month, and the boat’s owner voiced concern about the safety of the detained fishermen, in the latest episode to lay bare recent discord between the two governments.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed on Sunday that the vessel’s owner, Yu Xuejun, had called the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang on May 10 to seek help after North Korea captured the fishing boat, which operates from Dalian, a northeastern Chinese port city.
The ministry said it urged North Korea to release the boat and crew as soon as possible, and on Monday a ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, demanded that the North ensure that the crew members were kept safe.
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Chris Buckley, New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/FP5JEqi4SOo/
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