CAPTAIN ACCUSED OF TOSSING THREE STOWAWAYS OFF SHIP.Byline: The Boston Globe A high seas high seas In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas. tale of terror caused Canada to detain a Taiwanese container vessel in Halifax harbor Tuesday while the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police, constabulary organized (1873) as the Northwest Mounted Police to bring law and order to the Canadian west. In 1920 the name was changed to the present title. investigated allegations that the ship's captain cast three Romanian stowaways Stowaways are a Portuguese band from Matosinhos, who formed in 2001. They are made up of Nuno Sousa (vocals and guitar); Pedro Gonçalves (guitar); João Carujo, (drums)and Sérgio Seabra (bass). Fred on keyboards and João Covita on the accordion are more recent additions. overboard, consigning them to death during a passage from Spain to Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography . Refugee groups raised concern that the captain might have dumped the stowaways at sea to avoid the $5000-a-head fine imposed by the Canadian government on ships bringing illegal immigrants into the country. Meanwhile, the Romanian government pressed Ottawa to vigorously investigate the affair. But the skipper might be immune from prosecution and Canada may be unable to prevent the ship from departing Halifax for its next scheduled port of call in Newark, N.J., possibly dragging the United States into the messy affair. Two of the stowaways were allegedly set adrift off the coast of Morocco on a frail raft jury-rigged from oil drums and rope, according to crew members who deserted the Taiwanese-registered container vessel Dubai when it reached the port city of Halifax The City of Halifax (1841-1996) was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, and the largest city in Atlantic Canada.[1] Halifax was also the shire town of Halifax County. . The third stowaway was simply cast overboard near the Azores, the seamen said. ``These people, they screamed and begged for their lives,'' said one crew member, a Filipino who spoke on condition of anonymity from the Mission to Seamen in Halifax. ``There is no chance they could survive.'' A fourth Romanian stowaway was hidden by horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. crew members, then smuggled smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. ashore in Nova Scotia. He is in the custody of immigration authorities. The allegations of deep water murder have created a jurisdictional nightmare for the RCMP and a diplomatic dilemma for Ottawa. ``Whatever happened was in international waters and not in Canada,'' said Sgt. Bill Price, spokesman for RCMP operations in Nova Scotia. Both the Taiwanese government and the ship's skipper, Cheng Shiou, have refused to allow Mounties to come aboard the vessel, which remained docked and under surveillance in Halifax harbor. |
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