North American Network Operators Group
Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical

Ship seized for cutting Sri Lanka's internet link

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Mon Aug 23 22:27:42 2004 
Sri Lanka's high court has ordered the seizure of an Indian cargo vessel
which allegedly cut a submarine cable connecting the island's
telecommunications subscribers with the rest of the world.

The court ordered that the vessel, State of Nagaland, be held at the
Colombo port where it berthed on Sunday after accidentally severing the
cable known as the SEA-ME-WE-III with its anchor.