03/12/10

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Bethune, a New Zealand citizen who jumped aboard the patrol boat Shonan Maru No. 2 on February 15, has been charged with trespass. After taking him off the vessel, Coast Guard officials began questioning him about earlier clashes with the Japanese whaling vessel with an eye to laying further charges. Bethune, skipper of the Sea Shepherd powerboat Ady Gil, which was run down and destroyed by Shonan Maru 2 on January 6, faces maximum penalties of three years’ prison or a Y100,000 fine. Examiner: Sea Shepherd Captain placed under arrest in Japan -Slideshow.

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