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Trump to meet Colombia’s Petro as tensions over drugs and deportations ease | Fox News

Colombian president’s White House visit comes after Trump revoked his visa in September and labeled him a ‘drug leader’

By Efrat Lachter
Fox News

Published February 3, 2026 6:00am EST

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Colombian leader Gustavo Petro says his decertification by President Donald Trump was politically motivated, alleging that U.S. policy in Latin America is shaped by allies of drug traffickers. (Presidencia de la República – Colombia via YouTube)

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Relations between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro have swung sharply from open confrontation to cautious engagement over the past year, setting the stage for a pivotal White House meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

Once considered a model partnership in the Western Hemisphere, U.S.–Colombia ties are now being tested by deep disagreements over drug policy, security cooperation and migration.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the visit, President Donald Trump suggested the tone between the two leaders has shifted in recent weeks, while underscoring that drug trafficking will dominate the talks.

“I mean, he’s been very nice over the last month or two,” Trump said during a press availability. “They were certainly critical before that. But somehow after the Venezuelan raid, he became very nice. He changed his attitude. Very much so.”

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Trump said he is looking forward to meeting Petro in person, while making clear that narcotics remain a central concern. “He’s coming in. We’re going to be talking about drugs because tremendous amounts of drugs come out of his country,” Trump said. “And I look forward to seeing him. We’re going to have a good meeting.”

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a troop recognition ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military Cadet School in Bogota on March 11, 2025.(Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)

Colombia has long been one of Washington’s closest partners in South America, particularly on counternarcotics and security. Bilateral cooperation expanded dramatically under Plan Colombia beginning in 2000, with U.S. military and law-enforcement assistance playing a central role in Colombia’s fight against insurgent groups and drug trafficking networks. That cooperation helped stabilize the country and eventually led the United States to designate Colombia a major Non-NATO ally. U.S. officials and analysts say that foundation has eroded in recent years amid diverging priorities and growing mistrust.

Tensions first erupted in January 2025, when Petro initially refused to allow U.S. deportation flights carrying Colombian nationals to land. The standoff prompted Trump to threaten tariffs, travel bans and visa restrictions before Colombia reversed course and agreed to accept the flights. The episode marked the first major rupture between the two leaders following Trump’s return to office.

Relations deteriorated further in September 2025, when Petro traveled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, participated in protests and publicly urged U.S. soldiers to “disobey the orders of Trump.” The remarks prompted the U.S. State Department to revoke Petro’s visa on Sept. 27, 2025. The following month, the Trump administration announced punitive measures targeting Petro and members of his inner circle, citing concerns about drug trafficking and security cooperation.

Colombian officials denounced the moves as politically motivated. Trump publicly labeled Petro a “drug leader,” suspended U.S. aid and threatened additional punitive measures, pushing relations to what observers described as their lowest point in decades.

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Retired military take part in a rally to protest economic and social reforms pushed by the government of President Gustavo Petro and his proposal to convene a constituent assembly at the Bolivar Square in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, April 21, 2024.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Signs of de-escalation emerged last month when the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time since the diplomatic breakdown. Trump later described the call as a “great honor,” saying he appreciated Petro’s tone and looked forward to meeting him in person. Both sides agreed to restart dialogue on contentious issues, including counternarcotics, migration and trade. Colombia subsequently resumed U.S. deportation flights as part of broader efforts to stabilize relations, paving the way for Tuesday’s face-to-face meeting.

Melissa Ford Maldonado, director of the Western Hemisphere Initiative at the America First Policy Institute, said the visit highlights how much is now at stake for both countries.

“Colombia remains the most important U.S. partner in South America, but that status is conditional, and lately it’s been under real strain, largely because of President Gustavo Petro’s tolerance for criminal networks that threaten both Colombian sovereignty and American security,” Maldonado told Fox News Digital.

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Members from the Technical Investigation Board (CTI) inspect packages with cocaine on a narco submarine seized in Buenaventura, Colombia, on March 20, 2021. According to the authorities, it contained several packages of cocaine, was destined for the coasts of Mexico and belonged to an armed group of dissident FARC guerrillas.(LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)

She said the Trump administration’s objectives heading into the meeting are likely focused on restoring what she described as “real cooperation” on counternarcotics and security after years of drift.

“Counternarcotics and security cooperation will likely dominate the conversation,” Maldonado said, pointing to record cocaine production and what she described as growing tolerance within parts of the Colombian state for criminal networks. She argued that Washington has increasingly treated Colombia as failing to meet U.S. expectations in the fight against illegal drugs.

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, line up to register for shelter at a stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Maldonado said the administration has signaled it is no longer willing to accommodate governments it believes enable narco-criminal ecosystems.

“What to watch going forward is whether Colombia chooses to course-correct or continues drifting toward the model next door, which blurred the line between the state and organized crime,” she said. “Colombia earned its status as a major Non-NATO Ally through decades of sacrifice. That trust has been badly damaged, but it is not beyond repair if Colombia demonstrates genuine resolve against cartels, rejects political cover for criminal groups and realigns clearly with the United States on hemispheric security.”

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She added, “This visit should make one thing unmistakable: the United States wants a strong, sovereign Colombia. It is in America’s best interest. However, it will not tolerate ambiguity when it comes to narco-terrorism, regional security or the safety of the American people,” Maldonado said.

Efrat Lachter is a world reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.

欧盟须加大力度确保关键原材料供应 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年2月3日 20:42 | 来源：联合早报

（布鲁塞尔综合电）欧洲审计院指出，如果欧盟希望摆脱对外国的依赖并实现气候目标，就必须加大力度，最迟在2030年确保关键原材料的供应。

欧洲审计院（ECA）星期一（2月2日）发表报告指出，欧盟27国在实现关键材料进口多元化、增加国内生产方面仍旧面临困难，而再循环这一项也还处在起步阶段。

此前，欧盟在2024年通过《关键原材料法案》，为2030年设定了非强制性目标，包括实现所需矿产10％的开采量，将这些材料的再循环能力提升至15％，以及对每种战略原材料年度需求量中的四成进行加工。

尽管在努力降低对外来供应的依赖，报告仍认为前景不容乐观。它指出，欧洲能源转型所需的26种材料中，有7种的再循环率仅在1％至5％之间，而有10种则完全没有再循环。

报告提醒欧盟必须确保这些关键矿产的供应，以实现能源和气候目标，即到2050年实现气候中和。

欧盟的镁（magnesium）、硼（boron）和锂（lithium）主要依赖中国、土耳其和智利等国家。

目前，中国供应欧盟97％的镁，用于制氢电解槽（electrolysers）；土耳其供应欧盟99％的硼，用于太阳能电池板，智利则供应欧盟79％的锂，用于电动车的电池。

欧洲审计院负责此次审计的成员罗西曼努斯说，当前的问题是，欧盟在关键材料方面，过度依赖欧盟以外少数几个国家的供应。“因此，欧盟必须提升自身能力，降低这方面的脆弱性。”

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says she feels “scapegoated” by feds but is open to some cooperation

2026-02-03T06:05:00-0500 / CBS News

Minneapolis — Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says she’s felt “scapegoated” during the federal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities — but also says she’s open to limited cooperation with immigration authorities.

Witt says the Trump administration’s high-profile immigration operation has caused strain on local sheriffs deputies, deepened trauma within her community and shattered trust between Minneapolis residents and law enforcement wearing every uniform.

Until now, Witt had not publicly told her side of the story, but in her first sit-down interview since federal immigration agents descended on Minneapolis and St. Paul, Witt spoke with CBS News about “Operation Metro Surge” and its effect on Hennepin County law enforcement.

“We’ve definitely been scapegoated. I’m looking for people who really are looking for solutions, people who really know the meaning of negotiation and understand it’s not a one-side-takes-all, and let’s do this together.”

Trump administration officials have repeatedly accused local and state officials in Minnesota of not cooperating with immigration enforcement and of releasing hundreds of dangerous criminals into the streets rather than turning them over to federal immigration agents. The commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections called these claims “fundamentally false.”

“We cooperate with ICE and ICE detainers,” Paul Schnell told CBS News in an interview earlier this month. “We have, as a matter of policy, done that for a long, long time.” Detainers are federal requests to local law enforcement to detain individuals for up to 48 hours after they’re set to be released from criminal confinement — which gives ICE time to decide whether to take them into custody to begin deportation proceedings.

Witt rejects claims that her office won’t work with federal partners, noting that for years, deputies on task forces with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals, and Homeland Security Investigations have partnered on criminal investigations into human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

But she also drew a firm boundary. “We do not do civil or immigration enforcement. We never have.”

Asked about White House border czar Tom Homan’s blanket request that Hennepin County allow access to her jails, Witt countered, “ We already make our roster public. But if you want us to hold people, get a judge to sign a warrant.”

Homan, she said, warned her that there might be “too many” such inmates for judicial warrants. Witt scoffed at that suggestion.

“Too many for who? There are fewer than 100 detainers in county [jails] statewide. If that’s too many, then the problem isn’t sheriffs — it’s the system.”

Witt also argues that local sheriffs should not have to act as the backstop for federal failures, but says both she and Homan agree the immigration system is fundamentally broken.

“We just don’t agree on how to fix it,” she said.

Nonetheless, she has left the door open to limited cooperation. The sheriff of Minnesota’s largest county, home to Minneapolis, says she’s considering whether to notify ICE before releasing people accused of the “worst of the worst” crimes: murder, rape and violent felonies.

But “we will not hold anyone one minute past their court-ordered release,” Witt said emphatically, citing legal liability. “If we slow-walk releases, we get sued.”

Witt added that she is concerned that criminals looking to prey on her community are seeking to take advantage of Minneapolis’ busy and overstretched law enforcement ranks. “We can’t take our eyes off the fact that there are still crimes happening right here, and there are people looking to see how they can capitalize on all this madness.”

An “exhausting” two weeks for Hennepin law enforcement

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The past two weeks, Witt said, have been “exhausting” for her deputies, who have been deployed around the Whipple Federal Building as protests tied to “Operation Metro Surge” continue. In addition to the emotional and physical costs, the price tag is steep.

“We are over $500,000 in overtime expenses,” Witt said. The funds have been diverted from a department that was already understaffed and undergoing a formal staffing study.

Hennepin County is Minnesota’s most populous county, home to the state’s largest jail, which Witt says operates at roughly 85% capacity on most days. More than 90% of those incarcerated there, Witt added, are held on violent felony charges.

“We don’t have room in our jails for someone whose only offense is a civil immigration violation,” she offered bluntly.

The fatal shooting haunting Minneapolis

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No moment underscored the crisis in trust in Hennepin County more than the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. Asked about her reaction to the video, Witt said, “People film us all the time. Mr. Pretti should not be dead.”

She continued, “Filming is not justification to shoot someone. That is absolutely absurd.”

On Monday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death of Alex Pretti a homicide.

“I can’t fathom where in one of the most noble professions that becomes acceptable,” Witt said. “We need more people in law enforcement to speak up about that.”

Trust already shattered

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Witt says the actions of some of the federal agents in the Twin Cities over these past several weeks have damaged her community.

“The reputation of all law enforcement — local, state, federal — is tarnished by the behavior of some,” she observed.

Witt added, with visible frustration, that complaints about federal conduct have reached her office, as she referenced a stack of constituent emails and call logs next to her.

“We’ve seen it. And it’s ridiculous. It hurts their reputation, and it hurts ours.”

Witt posed this question: “What happens to the good cops? The ones doing everything right who now get blasted for something they didn’t do?”

She added, “When Operation Surge is done, it’s going to be local authorities who have to clean up this mess.”

Homan has said he’s working on a plan for a drawdown of federal agents in Minnesota, but Witt said she has yet to see evidence of that.

“We are robbing them of their futures”

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After the Columbia Heights School District closed for a day over a credible threat, Witt spoke not as a sheriff, but as a mother. Her voice tightened as she described what her own daughter, who works as a special education assistant teacher in that district, has witnessed.

“We talk about trauma all the time — and here we are,” she said. “Haven’t we learned anything?”

According to the school district, at least six students have been detained by federal immigration authorities since the surge began in December, including Liam Ramos. The five year old Ecuadorian preschooler was held for more than a week with his father at an immigration facility in south Texas after being arrested by ICE agents before a federal judge ordered his return over the weekend.

“We are traumatizing these kids. We are robbing them of their futures,” Witt said. “We know that Minnesota – we have fallen further behind. This is the last thing we need. Our kids should go to school and feel safe. Our kids need to know that they’re going to come home and their families are safe. They should not be having the worries of adults at their young age. It’s going to have an everlasting impact on them.”

Witt added that many schools in her county have requested assistance and additional patrols around facilities.

Pressed on whether federal officials were listening to the concerns of parents and families, Witt offered bluntly: “If they are, I haven’t seen it. All I hear is, ‘This is your fault — blue cities, blue states.’ No — it’s everybody’s fault.”

Critics have accused Witt of siding with ICE by deploying deputies and the National Guard near the federal courthouse. Witt pushed back.

“The Whipple building is my primary patrol area,” she said. “That’s my job.” The building houses federal offices including an immigration court and ICE detention facilities.

She added that her presence has been about de-escalation and protecting protesters’ First Amendment rights.

“People asked in 2020, ‘Where were the police?’ Now we’re there — and people accuse us of helping ICE.”

Still, she said many residents have expressed gratitude to her for keeping protests peaceful. “We protect life, property, and liberty — even when people are angry,” Witt remarked.

Figuring out what has to change

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Looking ahead, Witt wants the “right people” at the table — including the U.S. attorney from Minneapolis — to clarify what’s legal, what isn’t, and what must realistically change to enable a drawdown of federal agents from the Twin Cities. She’s also reached out to sheriffs across the country and to former federal prosecutors to reconcile conflicting legal interpretations, acting as a behind-the-scenes conduit for change.

“My top priority is to keep my community safe — period,” Witt said.

She acknowledged that her city still feels the impact of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police in May 2020, and admitted that she worries constantly about the repercussions of a drawn out, aggressive federal surge.

“If this continues, kids will grow up thinking fear of law enforcement is normal,” she said. “That cannot be the norm.”

欧盟须加大力度确保关键原材料供应

2026年2月3日 20:42 / 联合早报

欧洲审计院星期一（2月2日）提醒，欧盟在关键材料方面，过度依赖欧盟以外少数几个国家的供应。 （路透社）

（布鲁塞尔综合电）欧洲审计院指出，如果欧盟希望摆脱对外国的依赖并实现气候目标，就必须加大力度，最迟在2030年确保关键原材料的供应。

欧洲审计院（ECA）星期一（2月2日）发表报告指出，欧盟27国在实现关键材料进口多元化、增加国内生产方面仍旧面临困难，而再循环这一项也还处在起步阶段。

此前，欧盟在2024年通过《关键原材料法案》，为2030年设定了非强制性目标，包括实现所需矿产10％的开采量，将这些材料的再循环能力提升至15％，以及对每种战略原材料年度需求量中的四成进行加工。

尽管在努力降低对外来供应的依赖，报告仍认为前景不容乐观。它指出，欧洲能源转型所需的26种材料中，有7种的再循环率仅在1％至5％之间，而有10种则完全没有再循环。

报告提醒欧盟必须确保这些关键矿产的供应，以实现能源和气候目标，即到2050年实现气候中和。

欧盟的镁（magnesium）、硼（boron）和锂（lithium）主要依赖中国、土耳其和智利等国家。

目前，中国供应欧盟97％的镁，用于制氢电解槽（electrolysers）；土耳其供应欧盟99％的硼，用于太阳能电池板，智利则供应欧盟79％的锂，用于电动车的电池。

欧洲审计院负责此次审计的成员罗西曼努斯说，当前的问题是，欧盟在关键材料方面，过度依赖欧盟以外少数几个国家的供应。“因此，欧盟必须提升自身能力，降低这方面的脆弱性。”

安倍遇刺案：被告不服判决或上诉 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月3日 20:49

日本前首相安倍晋三遇刺案被告山上彻也对一审判决结果不服，或于星期三（2月4日）提出上诉。

新华社引述日本广播协会报道，山上被控2022年7月8日在奈良市街头使用自制枪支向正在街头演讲的安倍开枪，并致安倍死亡。山上对检方指控的杀人及违反枪支刀具法等罪行供认不讳。

今年1月21日，日本奈良地方法院判处山上无期徒刑。

据山上此前供述，他将安倍作为袭击目标，是因为安倍外祖父、前首相岸信介曾协助将“世界和平统一家庭联合会”（原“统一教会”）引入日本，而山上的母亲长期向该团体大量捐款，导致家庭陷入困境。

一审中的主要关注点在于山上能否因其成长经历减轻刑罚。

辩护团队主张判处山上最多20年监禁，认为被告犯罪与他的成长经历直接相关。检方则认为，被告的成长经历虽然不幸，但这并非大幅减刑的理由。法院最终采纳检方建议，判处山上无期徒刑。

安倍遇刺案：被告不服判决或上诉

2026年2月3日 20:49

日本前首相安倍晋三遇刺案被告山上彻也对一审判决结果不服，或于星期三（2月4日）提出上诉。

新华社引述日本广播协会报道，山上被控2022年7月8日在奈良市街头使用自制枪支向正在街头演讲的安倍开枪，并致安倍死亡。山上对检方指控的杀人及违反枪支刀具法等罪行供认不讳。

今年1月21日，日本奈良地方法院判处山上无期徒刑。

据山上此前供述，他将安倍作为袭击目标，是因为安倍外祖父、前首相岸信介曾协助将“世界和平统一家庭联合会”（原“统一教会”）引入日本，而山上的母亲长期向该团体大量捐款，导致家庭陷入困境。

一审中的主要关注点在于山上能否因其成长经历减轻刑罚。

辩护团队主张判处山上最多20年监禁，认为被告犯罪与他的成长经历直接相关。检方则认为，被告的成长经历虽然不幸，但这并非大幅减刑的理由。法院最终采纳检方建议，判处山上无期徒刑。

安倍遇刺案：被告不服判决或上诉

发布时间：2026年2月3日 20:49 / 来源：联合早报

日本前首相安倍晋三遇刺案被告山上彻也对一审判决结果不服，或于星期三（2月4日）提出上诉。

新华社引述日本广播协会报道，山上被控2022年7月8日在奈良市街头使用自制枪支向正在街头演讲的安倍开枪，并致安倍死亡。山上对检方指控的杀人及违反枪支刀具法等罪行供认不讳。

今年1月21日，日本奈良地方法院判处山上无期徒刑。

据山上此前供述，他将安倍作为袭击目标，是因为安倍外祖父、前首相岸信介曾协助将“世界和平统一家庭联合会”（原“统一教会”）引入日本，而山上的母亲长期向该团体大量捐款，导致家庭陷入困境。

一审中的主要关注点在于山上能否因其成长经历减轻刑罚。

辩护团队主张判处山上最多20年监禁，认为被告犯罪与他的成长经历直接相关。检方则认为，被告的成长经历虽然不幸，但这并非大幅减刑的理由。法院最终采纳检方建议，判处山上无期徒刑。

伊朗反政府抗议期间逮捕139名外国公民

2026年2月3日 18:03 / 联合早报

2025年年底以来，伊朗多地出现针对物价上涨和货币贬值的抗议活动，其间发生骚乱，造成安全人员和民众伤亡，多座城市社会秩序受到严重冲击。 （路透社）

伊朗政府通报，近期，当局在中部地区的一次抗议活动中逮捕139名外国公民；当局未公布被拘留者的国籍。

法新社报道，伊朗警方负责人称，被捕人员“参与组织、煽动和指挥骚乱行动”，其中部分人“与境外网络保持联系”。

亚兹德市警察局局长内加赫班（Ahmad Negahban）说：“在审查近期骚乱相关案件时确认，在这些动乱中被捕的人员中，有139人是外国公民。”

伊朗因生活成本不断上升而引发的抗议活动始于去年12月28日，随后演变为全国性的反政府示威。德黑兰方面承认，骚乱期间已有3000多人死亡，但坚持称死者多为安全部队成员和无辜旁观者，并将暴力事件归咎于“恐怖主义行为”。

人权组织则称，经核实的死亡人数达6854人，其中多数为被安全部队杀害的抗议者，警告实际死亡人数可能远高于此。

新加坡往返峇淡岛 今年下半年或可乘“飞鱼”出行 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月3日 18:18

新加坡往返峇淡岛 今年下半年或可乘“飞鱼”出行

“飞鱼”地效飞行器在飞行时，机翼贴近但不接触水面，利用水面与机翼之间形成的气流获得升力，兼具速度快与操作便捷的特点。 （新科工程提供）

往返新加坡与印度尼西亚峇淡岛的旅客，最快今年下半年将有机会，搭乘一种“贴着海面飞行”的新型高速交通工具出行。

渡轮业者BatamFast，计划把可载10人的“飞鱼”（AirFish）地效飞行器（Wing-in-Ground Craft）引入新加坡—峇淡岛航线，待监管当局批准后，最快2026年下半年投入营运。

根据星期二（2月3日）发布的文告，新科工程旗下合资企业AirX，在新加坡航空展举行期间，与东南亚和印度的渡轮业者达成两项战略合作，推动“飞鱼”地效飞行器在亚洲的商业化。

其中，BatamFast将成为全球首个在商业航线上营运“飞鱼”的业者。公司未公布票价等详情。

这款地效飞行器在飞行时，机翼贴近但不接触水面，利用水面与机翼之间形成的气流获得升力，兼具速度快与操作便捷的特点。

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随着BatamFast引入首艘“飞鱼”，公司也将与AirX探讨把服务扩展至东南亚其他目的地。

AirX将同WOW合作 把“飞鱼”引入印度

另一方面，AirX将同印度渡轮业者“Wings Over Water Ferries”（简称WOW）合作，把“飞鱼”引入印度市场。

根据计划，WOW将从今年底，分阶段租赁并营运最多四艘“飞鱼”，但具体投入服务时间，仍须视当地政府是否批准相关航线而定。

WOW拟优先部署“飞鱼”的地区包括：安达曼—尼科巴群岛（Andaman and Nicobar Islands）、拉克沙群岛（Lakshadweep）、马哈拉施特拉邦（Maharashtra）、古吉拉特邦（Gujarat）、果阿邦（Goa）、安得拉邦（Andhra Pradesh）和泰米尔纳德邦（Tamil Nadu）等。

AirX也将与WOW探讨在印度建立组装、制造、培训和维修能力。

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马国释放涉嫌非法转运原油油轮 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月3日 18:35

马来西亚槟城州海事执法机构于1月31日扣押两艘非法转移价值约5亿1200万令吉（约1亿6300万新元）原油的油槽船。 （取自马国海事执法机构脸书）

马来西亚当局近日释放两艘因涉嫌非法转运价值1亿2900万美元（约1亿6300万新元）原油，而在槟城附近被扣押的油轮。其中一艘随后于星期二（2月3日）被发现驶经新加坡海域，引发外界关注。

涉案油轮为Nora与Rcelebra，于1月29日在槟城港口以北海域被拦截，涉嫌非法船对船转运原油。马国海事执法机构（MMEA）称，两艘船已在案件审理期间获准以各30万令吉（约9万7000新元）保释。

当局指出，未经批准的“船对船”（STS）转运属非法行为，通常在公海进行，以掩盖货物来源，从而规避制裁、税务或执法检查。Rcelebra在去年起已遭欧盟制裁，涉及运输受制裁的俄罗斯、伊朗及委内瑞拉石油产品，被认为属于用于规避制裁的“影子船队”网络。

近年来，马国被视为非法STS转运活动的热点之一，但相关案件多集中在柔佛东岸海域，槟城一带相对罕见。海事执法机构承诺将加强对相关水域的监控。

总部设于美国的倡议组织“反核伊朗联盟”（UANI）则批评马国当局仅以保释方式释放油轮，形容此举“惩罚过轻”。该组织指出，涉及受制裁伊朗原油的非法STS活动在马来西亚海域显著增加，并认为部分伊朗原油被重新标注为“马来西亚原油”后流向中国。

尽管受到制裁，Rcelebra仍于2月3日上午被拍到驶经新加坡圣淘沙沿岸，船只吃水显示接近满载。船舶观察人士指出，过去一年途经区域水域的“暗船队”油轮明显增多。