A protester boarded a Japanese whaling vessel under the cover of darkness yesterday and attempted to stage a citizen’s arrest of the skipper. The Japanese said they may press charges against the activist, who remains in custody on the ship.
Pete Bethune, from New Zealand, boarded the Shoran Maru 2 from a jet ski at about 6am on Monday (7pm Sunday GMT) in Antarctic waters south of Heard Island.
He had planned to hand over a bill for $3 million (£2 million), the cost of replacing the Ady Gil, a ship he captained that was destroyed in a collision with the Japanese ship last month. He also wanted to make a citizen’s arrest of the captain of the Shoran Maru 2 for destroying the