Oil tanker sinks in waters off Taiwan, monitored for leaks

Coast guard authorities were on the alert Wednesday for possible oil leaks after a Honduras-registered tanker, the Yong Win3, sank the previous day about 35 nautical miles southwest of Little Liouchiou, an islet off southwestern Taiwan.

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