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Singapore (VNA) – Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen stated that China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s detention of nine Singapore’s armored vehicles goes against international law as well as the law in Hong Kong.
Answering questions at the parliament of Singapore on January 9, Ng Eng Hen said that the Terrex vehicles belong to the Singaporean government and are protected by sovereign immunity.
This means that they are immune from any measures of constraint abroad. They cannot legally be detained or confiscated by other countries, he said, adding that this principle is well-established under international law, as well as the law in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong customs seized the troop carriers in last November at Kwai Chung port as they were being shipped from Taiwan to Singapore after military exercises.
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