The #ChineseShip detained by India and the international duplicity.
The Department of Revenue Intelligence and #Kandla Customs detained a Chinese ship on February 3 for carrying a falsely declared “dual use” industrial autoclave as an industrial dryer, which can be used in the manufacture of ballistic missiles.
Now the scientists from the #DRDO are examining the suspected cargo of the Chinese ship #DaiCuiYun, bound for the Port of Karachi to ascertain whether the 2005 Indian law against #WMD and the international laws on the same can be invoked against both the consignee & consignor.
The Chinese ship Da Cui Yun was allowed to leave for final destination i.e., Port Qasim, Karachi after signing guarantees with the Kandla Customs but the autoclave has been seized for examination.
final clearance but red flag was raised by the intelligence agencies.
Ship detained for wrongly declaring autoclave (which has a double use), as an industrial dryer. Once the physical verification is done, the govt can invoke the WMC & their Delivery Systems Act 2005 as well as
Ship detained for wrongly declaring autoclave (which has a double use), as an industrial dryer. Once the physical verification is done, the govt can invoke the WMC & their Delivery Systems Act 2005 as well as
the #UN Convention on WMD. (In year 1999, the same authorities had booked a #NorthKorean ship Ku Wol San carrying missile parts for Pak under the same Act). This once again prove the Indian stand that Pak’s nuKE prog & missile delivery systems are based on tech from #China & NK.
(Pak has borrowed its missile tech from NK&gave its #nuclear tech to NK which was actually borrowed by Pak from China). Here an import & export of the internationally banned WMDs&nuclear tech can be established between the Axis of China-Pakistan-North Korea&China is the kingpin).
Commercial parties involved i.e., Islamabad-based United Construction Company, which was importing the equipment, and Hong Kong based General Technology Ltd which booked the consignment will also be brought to accounts as per the laws.
The captain of the ship & others could also be charged for violating the Special Chem, Organisms,Materials,Equip&Tech(#SCOMET) export rules. (Category 4&5 of the SCOMET deal with the transport of dual-use tech,especially those that can be used for the production of NUKE warheads.
The regulations were introduced after the UN confirmed that Iraq had used chemical weapons on Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. The regulations are designed to control the export & prevent the proliferation of technologies and equipments which can be used in the manufacture or
disposal of chemical and biological weapons. Dual use items are also considered contributors to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
India can raise the issue on the international platforms including the #UNSC (let China take the veto, but it will definitely hurt the Chinese image internationally).
Hypocrisy of the world order: Need not to say much about it, but just imagine if the same ship was heading to Iran, what would have been the global response? This unmasks the duplicity of international #diplomacy and #WorldOrder.
Most imp, this seizure shows that India is progressing in tracking ships with the use of technologies like the Automatic Identification Systems and this is being done in partnership with 29 countries, involving exchange of information on the safety&movement of commercial shipping
We along with our partners are also working on setting up of coastal radars in #SriLanka, #Maldives and #Seychelles and this is why increase of Indo-US alliance in the Indo-Pacific region is important.
This is one of the many strategic reasons, why we i.e., India are even economically supporting countries like Maldives, Sri Lanka etc.
