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China slams Japan's compensation bid for ship collision near Daioyu Islands
JAPANESE plans to seek compensation from the captain of a Chinese trawler that collided with a Japanese coastguard vessel in 2010 have met with defiance from China, which says the move itself threatens to re-ignite the dispute of the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
The incident at the time put a severe strain on diplomatic relations and sparked a nationalist uproar between the two after Japan arrested the captain of the trawler following the collision near the Diaoyu Islands.
Japan's Transport and Construction Minister Akihiro Ota has announced that the government would sue for compensation of JPY14.29 million (US$139,600) in the Naha district court on the southern island of Okinawa, according to Japanese media.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the islands belonged to China, and it was Japan that should be providing compensation, reported Reuters.
"The boat-ramming incident in 2010 in waters near the Diaoyu islands was a serious invasion of China's territorial sovereignty by Japan, which damaged Chinese fishermen's legitimate rights," said Ms Hua.
"Japan's detention of Chinese fishermen and fishing boats, its investigation and any judicial measures are illegal and invalid," she said.
"We demand that Japan compensate, and apologise to China for this incident. We urge Japan to cease its provocations and admit to, and correct, its errors."
The incident at the time put a severe strain on diplomatic relations and sparked a nationalist uproar between the two after Japan arrested the captain of the trawler following the collision near the Diaoyu Islands.
Japan's Transport and Construction Minister Akihiro Ota has announced that the government would sue for compensation of JPY14.29 million (US$139,600) in the Naha district court on the southern island of Okinawa, according to Japanese media.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the islands belonged to China, and it was Japan that should be providing compensation, reported Reuters.
"The boat-ramming incident in 2010 in waters near the Diaoyu islands was a serious invasion of China's territorial sovereignty by Japan, which damaged Chinese fishermen's legitimate rights," said Ms Hua.
"Japan's detention of Chinese fishermen and fishing boats, its investigation and any judicial measures are illegal and invalid," she said.
"We demand that Japan compensate, and apologise to China for this incident. We urge Japan to cease its provocations and admit to, and correct, its errors."
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