Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 51819
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2008/11/4-5 [Reference/RealEstate, Industry/Jobs] UID:51819 Activity:nil
11/4    A different kind of detention:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_re_us/bay_spill
        "Living rent-free in apartments and hotels, they are permitted to roam
        San Francisco and the surrounding area. They continue to draw their
        salaries, and each also receives $1,200 per month in witness fees,
        more than the monthly salary of at least one detained seaman."
        "Some of them are going to school to learn English."
        Life under detention is good, man.
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Print By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer Paul Elias, Associated Press Writer - 1 hr 24 mins ago SAN FRANCISCO - For nearly a year, six Chinese crew members on a ship that crashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge -- creating the bay's worst oil spill in nearly 20 years -- have been detained by federal authorities. The sailors are being held as material witnesses in the crash of the Cosco Busan. The men, including four who are not accused of wrongdoing, are fighting for the right to return to their families in China. "This is a lengthy detention," said University of Georgia law professor Ronald Carlson, an expert on the material witness law. The 900-foot cargo ship sideswiped a bridge support in heavy fog, gashing its hull and leaking more than 50,000 gallons of fuel that killed and injured thousands of birds. It was believed to be the biggest San Francisco Bay oil spill since 1988. Prosecutors want the six to testify in criminal cases against the harbor pilot, John Cota, and the ship's Hong Kong-based operator, Fleet Management Ltd. Although the men are under arrest as material witnesses, they are not in jail. Living rent-free in apartments and hotels, they are permitted to roam San Francisco and the surrounding area. They continue to draw their salaries, and each also receives $1,200 per month in witness fees, more than the monthly salary of at least one detained seaman. But "we believe they are situated pretty well," said Defa Tong, a spokesman for the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. Still, the men have been unable to celebrate family birthdays and tend to sick relatives. "They are unhappily detained," said Douglas Schwartz, a lawyer representing the ship's captain, Mao Cai Sun. The crew's legal predicament stems from federal law allowing the arrest of witnesses who might flee before testifying in criminal cases. Several other countries, including England, have similar laws. Shun Biao Zhao, the ship's second officer, has admitted altering and forging navigational documents after the crash. Kong Xiang Hu, the chief officer, admitted signing one of these documents. Both men contend Fleet executives ordered the alterations and signings, which the company denies. All six have been granted protection from prosecution if they testify truthfully. In defending the lengthy detention, Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Schmidt said the crew members' "evasiveness and participation in obstruction of justice" were factors. The crew's lawyers declined to make the men available, citing their legal situation. Although the trial is scheduled for April, the government recently agreed to let the crew have their testimony videotaped. Two of the six have already taped their testimony and the rest are due to wind up theirs by the end of December. The crew's lawyers want the judge to let the men return home after completing their depositions, and the two who already have are due to make that request on Friday. But federal prosecutors also want some of the six to testify in a suit against the ship's owners. While the law on holding material witnesses doesn't apply in civil cases, a subpoena in the civil suit could still complicate their departures. Cota, who was at the controls when the ship crashed, is charged with failing to disclose prescription drugs he was taking on two annual medical reports required by the Coast Guard. Fleet Management is charged with ordering at least one Chinese crew member to alter documents after the accident. Most of the roughly 3,000 people arrested each year on material witness warrants are illegal immigrants who are held until they can testify against their human smugglers, legal experts said. Some of those detentions lasted several months and never resulted in charges, and civil libertarians criticized the Bush administration's use of the law. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.