Greenpeace denies wasting time
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The group now faces the prospect of further developments regarding the violation of the maritime law, for the three-hour protest on Tuesday. Six Greenpeace demonstrators were arrested and on Tuesday evening on bail yesterday morning. Two of those arrested, Jo McVeagh and Sheena Beaton, can now be found on the Rainbow Warrior on the way to Dunedin. The Greenpeace vessel attempting to block the Bulk Carrier-Hellenic left the seaport of the shipment of charcoal. The police have sent 30 people to protest, she said wasting his time and led to the attack on policemen left isolated in a fight in the City Mall in central Christchurch. Greenpeace campaign director Carmen Gravatt met yesterday, which indicates that the number of police officers regarding an overdose. “It does not seem, from our perspective, it needs that many,” she said in the Rainbow Warrior. “There were a lot of police officers, for example, for much of the time, so we were surprised when they said that it is our fault they could not else.” Greenpeace had a history of non-violence and did not intend to hurt anyone or cause damage, she said. “Everything has been very good in our interactions with the police. When they arrived, we were very courteous on board with them and offered them a cup of tea,” she says. Spectacle commander of the police district of Canterbury Andy McGregor, said the protest was not peaceful. “People on board a ship - goes beyond what I call a peaceful protest,” he said. The reaction of the police was not excessive, he said. “If you have a view on how you have to do with the protests, it’s not one-on-one, it’s two-to-one. This is the professional management of demonstrators when they go on line, “Has he said. Canterbury port Tony Whiteley said an investigation was under way into premises eventual Law of the Sea by the Rainbow Warrior. A spokesman for the port, Julie McCloy, said the Rainbow Warrior was the law of the sea at least one local using his bunk without a pilot. Whether the Rainbow Warrior could be prohibited by the port, she said: “This is not something that we are able to make a comment on that.” Frances Adank, a spokesman for the Environment Canterbury (ECan), the maritime force of local law, said that it was likely, Greenpeace would have to foot the bill for the use of a smuggler to oblige the Rainbow Warrior of the track. “The smugglers and the costs can be worse than others,” she said. Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) Ross Henderson spokesman said it was too early to say whether charges to adopt, in addition to those already by the police. “If it is wider than maritime issues, then MNZ may or may not be involved,” he said. The six demonstrators were prosecuted for charging Christchurch District Court next Tuesday, but it is understandable then all costs, in Auckland, where five of the six protesters. Gravatt said it was unlikely one of the six challenges, taxes, but had not yet spoken with a lawyer, for a final decision to be taken. |