Taiwan has detained a Chinese-crewed ship over suspicions it deliberately damaged an undersea cable to the island. On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration reported intercepting the “Hongtai 168” while investigating a disruption involving an undersea fiber cable for a local mobile carrier,

This is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years in which undersea Taiwanese cables have been damaged — with Taipei in some instances blaming China. Earlier this year, a Chinese cargo ship was suspected of severing a link northeast of the island.

Taiwanese officials say the vessel, which had a Chinese crew but was flying a Togolese flag, had been lingering in waters close to the damaged underwater cable. It's the fifth such incident this year alone.