Posted on 01/08/2010 4:19:19 PM PST by PJ-Comix
ENVIRONMENT lobby group Sea Shepherd has lodged a piracy complaint in the Netherlands against the captain and crew of a Japanese ship that collided with one of its vessels.
"We have lodged a complaint of piracy with the Dutch prosecuting authority against the captain and crew of the Japanese vessel," Sea Shepherd legal representative Liesbeth Zegveld told AFP today.
"This was close to murder. It was such an extreme act that if no-one takes action now, we may have an even more serious incident in future."
The New Zealand-registered Ady Gil, a high-tech protest boat of the Sea Shepherd group, sank on Friday after being badly damaged in a collision with a Japanese ship, the Shonan Maru 2, two days earlier.
Both parties blame each other for the crash.
Zegveld claimed the collision was "an act of violence" and said the damage was close to $US1 million ($A1.09 million). One of the crew suffered broken ribs.
Piracy enjoys universal jurisdiction, the lawyer said, and "any state is competent to deal with this case".
The Netherlands was chosen since one of the crew was Dutch and the Sea Shepherd's main ship, the Steve Irwin, is registered in the Netherlands.
"We want the crew of the Shonan Maru 2 to go to jail," Zegveld said. "We will bring a civil suit later to recoup the financial losses."
Prosecution spokeswoman Marieke van der Molen confirmed that a complaint had been received on Friday.
"There will be an initial examination before we decide whether or not to open a full investigation," she said. Sea Shepherd claims to have saved hundreds of whales by chasing the Japanese whaling fleet.
I have never defended Sea Shepherd. I provide the factual information that Steve Irwin was a supporter of theirs’ and now I’m defending them? Screw off.
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They fired a GREEN LASER at the whaling ship :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Rs-GV7Mvg&feature=related
I would probably not like “tasy” whale meat. Some Wagu beef, Kobi steaks??? Now yer talkin’!!! :oD
If you look at the picture of the damaged boat, it looks kinda like cheap plywood with a layer or two of fiberglass. I think I saw the boat several years ago in either Key West or Port Lucaya, Freeport, Bahamas. Definitely lots of ‘tude from the crew and plenty of bikini babes hanging around. What a life!!!
They could even use the biodegradable kind.
Sounds good.... maybe if it was mixed with human sewage it would help drive home the message.
They have more balls than brains...they are the pirates harassing a legal fishing vessel......idiots...
Your post reminds me of the last Free Willie movie when the poachers said all they were doing was fishing to make a living. Even the children in the theater laughed at that one. I better explain it-—whales ain’t fish. And these poachers ain’t legal.
I don't go see silly movies like Free Willy....but have a great week-end...
At least “Free Willy” gave us a boatload of Clinton jokes during the Monica Days!
I had to read that a few times to get the chuckle.....but it should have been jail willy...
That was my favorite show when I was a child..because it was adult and VIOLENT!!
I don’t remember the violence, just the cool (at the time) spaceships and such, and the ladies’ outfits. ;^)
I remember how the aliens caught humans and harvested them for body parts.
Hmmm, I must have missed that one.
The Somali pirates and Sea Shepherd have two different ideologies and motivations, one economic and the other environmental. But putting them together will make them fight each other!!!
They chose the Netherlands simply because it was a neutral third party.
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