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Ship captain sentenced in ocean dumping case

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TACOMA, Wash. -- A South Korean ship captain has been sentenced in Tacoma to two months of home detention for his role in dumping hundreds of pounds of oil-contaminated waste and plastic into the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle said Tuesday he would have sentenced 54-year-old Hae Wan Yang to prison, except that Yang has a life-threatening health condition.

Yang was captain of the M/V Pan Voyager, a South Korean-owned bulk cargo ship, during a voyage from Korea to Longview in July.

Federal prosecutors say Yang and other officers ordered crew members to dump six 55-gallon drums, 30 plastic-lined rice sacks and 200 garbage sacks containing oil-contaminated grain.

Two whistleblowers told U.S. authorities about the incident.

Yang was charged with knowingly failing to keep an accurate record of the ship's garbage.

The ship owner, STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd., pleaded guilty in October and agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and $250,000 to use in projects to restore Puget Sound.

 

 

 

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