 Hong Kong police did not detect the ship as it entered the territorial waters, until it anchored in the middle of Victoria Harbour.The ship was surrounded by police launches and boarded in the morning hours, engine parts were removed to prevent escape.Upon interrogation, the Taiwanese captain claimed, as had been done in previous cases, that on his way from Singapore, the freighter came across several fishing boats in danger of sinking in the high seas, and had decided to rescue the refugees.