China says leaked video 'cannot change the truth'+

BEIJING, Nov. 5 Kyodo -
China said Friday that leaked video footage believed to show September
collisions between Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler near disputed
islands does not change its view that Japan acted illegally by arresting the
trawler's captain.
''(The video) cannot change the truth. It cannot cover up the illegality of
Japan's actions,'' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
The video footage, believed to have been filmed by the Japan Coast Guard, was
found Friday to have been posted on the Internet.
The arrest of the trawler's captain, now released, following the Sept. 7
collisions reignited a row about sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands,
administered by Japan for many years but claimed by China.
==Kyodo
2010-11-05 22:23:43