ÿþ<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=x-sjis"> <title>VIDEO SHOWS TRUTH ABOUT WHO RAMMED WHO</title> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> <!--BODY {font-size: 12pt;} .text1 { font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13pt; } .text2 { font-size: 20pt; } --> </STYLE> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BACKGROUND="img/00bg.gif" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="0"> <A NAME="top"></A> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0"> <!header-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <TR> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="60" BGCOLOR="#336666"><A HREF="eng-index.htm"><img SRC="img/top.jpg" WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="60" BORDER="0" ALT="BACK TO HOME PAGE"></A></TD> <TD HEIGHT="60" BACKGROUND="img/headbg.gif" ALIGN="right"><img SRC="img/head.gif" WIDTH="424" HEIGHT="60"></TD> </TR> <!header-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <TR> <!menu-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="100%" BGCOLOR="#336666" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0" WIDTH="176"> <TR><TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="20" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left" COLSPAN=3> <img SRC="img/m00.gif" WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="20" BORDER="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="20" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left" COLSPAN=3> <A HREF="abouticr.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">About ICR</A><BR> <A HREF="generalinfo.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">Research Programs</A><BR> <A HREF="japan-history.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">Humans & Whales</A><BR> <a href="http://www.icrwhale.org/08-A.htm" target="_blank"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">Photo Library</a><BR> <A HREF="whalebooks.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">Links</A><BR> <A HREF="News.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">News</A><BR> <A HREF="Pamphlets.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">Pamphlets</A><BR> <A HREF="Comments.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">Comments</A><BR> <A HREF="JARPAReview1.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">JARPA REVIEW</A><BR> <A HREF="JARPAIIResearchPlan.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="16" height="28" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="1" CLASS="text1" COLOR="#ffffff">JARPAII Research Plan</A><BR> <A HREF="58MediaKit.htm"><img src="img/btncn.gif" width="20" height="32" align="absmiddle" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="4" CLASS="text2" COLOR="#ffffff">MEDIA KIT</A><BR> </TABLE> </TD> <!menu-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <<!content-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="24" BORDER="0"><TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <FONT SIZE="4" CLASS="text2">MEDIA RELEASE</FONT><BR><img SRC="img/00blk.gif" WIDTH="0" HEIGHT="8"><BR> <!pressmenu-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <A HREF="News.htm"> <img SRC="img/btncontentbk.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="28" ALIGN="absmiddle" BORDER="0"> <FONT SIZE="4" CLASS="text1">MEDIA RELEASE Menu</FONT></A> <BR> <!pressmenu-------------------------------------------------------------------------> </TR></TD> <TR><TD WIDTH="16"><BR></TD> <TD> <HR> <A NAME="JARPN"></A> <FONT SIZE="4" CLASS="text2">SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVISTS IN CUSTODY</FONT><P> 15 January 2008<P> <!content-------------------------------------------------------------------------><html> Two Sea Shepherd activists today illegally boarded the Japanese research vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 in the Antarctic and were immediately taken into custody. <P> The two men are being held in an office. <P> The Director General of the Institute of Cetacean Research, Mr Minoru Morimoto, said the men have not been harmed and were taken to a secure room. <P>  Any accusations that we have tied them up or assaulted them are completely untrue, Mr Morimoto said.  It is illegal to board another country s vessels on the high seas. As a result, at this stage, they are being held in custody while decisions are made on their future. <P> The two boarded the Yushin Maru No. 2 after they made attempts to entangle the screw of the vessel using ropes and throwing bottles of acid onto the decks. <P> ENDS <P> <A HREF="http://www.icrwhale.org/gpandsea-img.htm">(Photo of activists attached)</A> <P> <B>SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVISTS IN CUSTODY</B> <A HREF="eng/080115Release.pdf"><br> <img SRC="img/btncn.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="28" ALIGN="absmiddle" BORDER="0"> <FONT SIZE="2" CLASS="text1">SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVISTS IN CUSTODY (PDF Data)</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <HR> <!gotop-------------------------------------------------------------------------> <A HREF="#top"><img SRC="img/btnctop.gif" WIDTH="416" HEIGHT="28" ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="BACK TO THE TOP" BORDER="0"></A> <BR><BR><BR> <!gotop-------------------------------------------------------------------------> </TD></TR></TABLE> </TD> <!content------------------------------------------------------------------------->