Two weeks on, Hong Kong still hasn’t told us why it seized our military vehicles, Singapore says
City state’s defence ministry reiterates hope that nine detained armoured troop carriers will be returned soon
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence repeated on Tuesday that it had yet to receive a formal explanation about the seizure of nine of its armoured troop carriers by Hong Kong customs.
The update from the city state’s defence ministry came as shipping company APL and Hong Kong customs had a six-hour meeting on Tuesday. It was the third meeting between the two sides since the vehicles and associated component parts were confiscated by local customs officers at the Kwai Chung container terminal on November 23.
APL was hired by Singapore’s armed forces to deliver the vehicles back to the city state after they were used for training in Taiwan.
The ministry reiterated its hope that the vehicles would be the returned soon.
We have not been provided formal reasons as yet for the detention of the Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles
“We have not been provided formal reasons as yet for the detention of the Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles,” it said in a statement. “The SAF has advised APL officials to continue to extend their full cooperation to the Hong Kong Customs in order to expedite the return of the SAF’s Terrex ICVs.”
