Primorsk Territory authorities: those guilty in disappearance of M/S Georg Ots will be punished
Vice Governor of the Primorsk Territory Aleksandr Los has held a working meeting to arrange the search and the return of the M/S Georg Ots which is in the ownership of the Territory, the press center of the territorial administration says.
According to Aleksandr Los, the persons guilty of the vessel disappearance have been established.
“The law-enforcement authorities have grounds for their detention and criminal prosecution,” he said.
The Vice Governor has ordered the law-enforcement authorities speed up the search of the vessel.
In December 2012 M/S Georg Ots was chartered by Tekhnomarine LLC. In January 2013, the company signed a subber boat charter agreement with a Chinese firm and the vessel left for China. Last time it was seen at the ship repair plant in Dzhoshuan (China). Present location of the ship is unknown. The law-enforcement authorities in cooperation with the foreign colleagues do their best to locate the ship. Besides, an application has been made to put M/S Georg Ots on an international wanted list.
The ferry was used during the APEC Summit in Vladivostok in August-September 2012.