Chinese ship seen on satellite images deploying a grab dredge, in the area where HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk in 1941. Sunken warships are considered burials, protected, in particular, by a UNESCO convention on underwater cultural heritage.
They cannot be claimed by any country other than the one whose flag they flew. The Chuan Hong 68 had already been boarded by Malaysia for "looting" three wrecks of a Japanese warship, according to Opex360.