Taiwan's High Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Chinese Sand Dredger Captain - TaiwanPlus News
A Chinese ship captain convicted of illegally dredging sand in Taiwan’s territory has lost his last appeal. The captains are named Chen was arrested in 2022 for stealing sand from the sea floor near the Punggol Islands. He was sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison to an appeal to the verdict, but the Supreme Court has upheld the ruling. Lawmakers say these illegal dredging operations are part of Beijing’s Gray zone warfare tactics meant to tie up Taiwan’s Coast Guard and threaten the livelihoods of people on the outlying islands.