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Vietnam arrests alledged fiber-optic cable thieves

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Mon Jun 25 01:07:27 2007




http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=29347


Police arrested two more people Saturday for stealing undersea fiber-optic cables off the southern coast of Vietnam, including the group.s suspected leader. Ten have been apprehended in the case so far.
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Eleven kilometers of the TVH (Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong) line and 32 km of the APCN (Asia Pacific Cable Network), linking nine Asian countries, have been stolen.