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Estonia says China has actually not reacted to subsea cable televisions probe request
Estonia's state district attorney said China has not reacted to a sixmonthold demand for assistance with an investigation into a Chinese ship which Estonia suspects cut two of its subsea telecoms cable televisions. The two cables linking Estonia to Finland and Sweden were damaged on Oct 7-8, and an Estonia-Finland gas pipeline was broken the exact same night, harming energy security and raising alarm bells in the larger area. Both Estonia, which is examining the cable televisions damage, and Finland, which is checking out the Balticconnector gas pipeline, have named the Hong Kong-registered container ship NewNew Polar Bear as the