Australia has accused China’s navy of using sonar pulses in an incident in international waters that resulted in Australian divers suffering injuries.
The Australian defence minister Richard Marles said a Chinese warship had resorted to “unsafe and unprofessional” actions during the encounter off Japan earlier this week.
According to Marles, the warship approached an Australian frigate as divers were clearing fishing nets from its propeller and the Chinese ship then emitted dangerous sonar pulses.
Marles said in a statement on Saturday that this had posed a risk to the safety of the Australian divers, who were forced to exit the water adding that the divers suffered minor injuries that were likely caused by the sonar.
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