Sea Shepherd Captain Bethune Boards Shonan Maru 2 to Conduct Citizens Arrest シーシェパード

Monday, February 15, 2010
Captain Pete Bethune Boards Shonan Maru 2 to Arrest Japanese Skipper
At 0629 Hours (Perth Time), New Zealand Captain Pete Bethune of the recently sunk Sea Shepherd vessel Ady Gil breached the Japanese government security ship Shonan Maru 2 and successfully boarded the vessel under cover of darkness.

His mission is to attempt a citizens arrest of the skipper of the Shonan Maru 2 for the destruction of the Ady Gil and attempted murder of the six Ady Gil crewmembers.

At 0600 Hours, Captain Bethune (of New Zealand) left the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin on a Jet Ski driven Larry Routledge (of Great Britain).

The Jet Ski lay in wait for the Shonan Maru 2 to approach. With the Japanese vessel making 14 knots through the water, Routledge maneuvered the Jet Ski into position under the anti-boarding spikes along the port side of the Shonan Maru 2.

Captain Bethune made the jump and climbed onboard the whaling ship without being noticed. Captain Bethune is presently onboard the Shonan Maru 2 awaiting sunrise to make his presence known.

Captain Bethune also has a bill for $3 million dollars to present to the Master of the Shonan Maru 2. The bill is for the cost of replacing the Ady Gil.

Captain Bethune will be demanding that the Shonan Maru 2 Captain surrender himself to Sea Shepherd or take his ship to the nearest Australian or New Zealand port to turn himself in to legal authorities.

Captain Bethune will make it clear that he does not wish to return to a Sea Shepherd ship without the Captain of the Shonan Maru 2.

Sea Shepherd anticipates that the Japanese will hold Captain Bethune as prisoner onboard the Shonan Maru 2.

This was an impossible mission, said Captain Paul Watson. Captain Bethune boarded a Japanese whaling fleet security ship at high speed in total darkness, breached the spikes and anti-boarding nets and is presently onboard and the Japanese crew are still not aware that he is there. He is there to demand justice for the sinking of his ship.

Monday, February 15, 2010
Update: Sea Shepherd Captain Detained Onboard Japanese Whaling Vessel
At 0630 Hours, Sea Shepherd Captain Peter Bethune of the vessel Ady Gil, which was sunk by the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru 2, boarded the whaling ship to conduct a citizens arrest of the skipper of the Shonan Maru 2.

Captain Bethune boarded the whaling ship under cover of darkness from a Jet Ski as the Shonan Maru 2 was travelling at 14 knots in the Southern Ocean. His first attempt failed when he fell into the frigid waters, but despite this the crew of the Shonan Maru 2 failed to see him and he successfully boarded the whaler without detection.

Captain Bethunes breaching the security of the whaling fleet security vessel remained undetected for one and a half hours.

At 0800 Hours, once the sun had risen, Captain Bethune calmly knocked on the bridge wing door, entered the wheelhouse, and presented himself to the Captain of Shonan Maru 2 where he informed the skipper that he was under arrest for the sinking of the Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil on January 6th, 2010.

All radio communications with Peter Bethune ceased at 0805. The Shonan Maru 2 did acknowledge that Bethune was onboard.

The Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker continue to pursue the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru eastward across the Southern Ocean. The ships are presently south of Australias Heard Island.

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[Arteolike]

@RTSstation You yourself admit whales are gentle, why kill such a gentle creature? You and I both know this is not for research but for money.

[RTSstation]

@Arteolike you make no sense.a fucking whale will not attack because they are too gentle.how about we throw your ass overboard because the sea sheperds are a bunch of media whores who lie to bother us.but one day...paul watson will be with the whales and used for research.

[RTSstation]

@hup2thepenguin you are correct.but the sea sheperds are the ones giving them trouble.and so boarding their ship and get them shut down or imprisoned

[PistonHonda319]

The Japanese guy is like "o o prease come in"

[hup2thepenguin]

You pro-whalers know that if the Japanese openly sink a sea shepherd ship or shoot someone, they'll be permanently shut down.

[Arteolike]

@ss4donnie "They should shoot his ass and then throw his ass overboard..." We should do that to that Japanese Whalers, then lets see how THEY like it when the Whales KILL THEM!

[Arteolike]

@ss4donnie I hope by the time when Japan thinks all of its resources are flying in the ocean are something to respect. The ships get converted into Ani-Whaling ships.

[PlKatxu]

@Kuramalover86 =D

[frbe0101]

@ss4donnie

what hypocritical about them?

[ss4donnie]

@frbe0101 the sea shepard is a bunch of harassing hypocrites who use the media to be punk bitches. I hope the Japanese sink the shit outta them.