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I must share some blame, says captain

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Tanker captain Ngai Lup-chee admitted he had to bear 'some responsibility' for the accident in which David Chan drowned.

'I'm not trying to shirk responsibility. As the commander-in-chief of the ship, I have to bear some responsibility.

'But I have to make the whole thing clear. Before it happened . . . I had already made it clear we had to cancel the operation to land.

'I said I wanted to steam closer and then return to Hong Kong.

'After I told them this, Mr Chan came to me and said many of them were not happy with my decision. I explained to them the chance of landing was very remote because of the weather.

'[I said] some of us might die even before reaching the islands. As the captain, I couldn't accept that - he could.

'But later, he came back and asked whether they could do something else.

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